Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

National Rifle Association Medal, 47mm, bronze (Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. Mem. Council 1st Prize Meeting Wimbledon 1860) impressed naming, in Elkington case of issue, very fine £200-£300

General Sir George De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., was born in 1787, in Moig, County Limerick, Ireland. He was educated at Woolwich Academy and joined the East India Company's forces in 1800, before volunteering for the British Army in India in 1806. De Lacy Evans was commissioned Ensign in 22nd Foot the following year, before exchanging into the 3rd Light Dragoons for service in the Peninsular War. He served with distinction in America, and was at Bladensburg, the burning of Washington and the Battle of North Point.

De Lacy Evans was actively involved in the New Orleans campaign at the conclusion of the War of 1812. He was the only British Army officer present at the Royal Navy 'small boat action' on Lake Borgne (entitled to N.G.S. with 14 December Boat Service 1814 clasp), and was wounded at the battle of New Orleans. De Lacy Evans was present at the battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 and the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 (entitled to M.G.S. with Vittoria, Pyrenees and Toulouse clasps and Waterloo Medal).

De Lacy Evans commanded the British Legion, which volunteered to assist Isabella II of Spain in the First Carlist War, and commanded the 2nd Division of the British Army during the Crimean War (France, Grand Cross Legion of Honour). He advanced to General in March 1861, and served as a Member of Parliament for Rye in 1830-1832, and for Westminster from 1833-1841 and 1846-1865.

He died in January 1870, and his awards are held in the Lord Leycester Musuem, Warwick.