Evan Nepean
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Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (9 July 1751 or 1753 near Saltash, Cornwall – 2 October 1822) was a British politician and colonial administrator.
He served as the first effective Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department April 1782-December 1791, Under-Secretary of State for War in 1794, secretary to the Board of Admiralty 1795-1804, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1804-1805, Commissioner of the Admiralty, and governor of Bombay 1812-1819.
He was Member of Parliament for Queensborough from 1796 till 1802, then moving to Bridgport where he remained until 1812. He was made a baronet in 1802 and was elevated to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1804.
The town of Nepean, Ontario, Canada, the Nepean River in New South Wales, Australia and the Nepean Highway from Melbourne to Portsea in the south east of Victoria, Australia and the Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai, India, were all named after him.
| Preceded by: None |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1782 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Orde |
| Preceded by: John Bell |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1782–1794 |
Succeeded by: John King |
| Preceded by: None |
Under-Secretary of State for War 1794–1795 |
Succeeded by: William Huskisson |
| Preceded by: Philip Stephens |
First Secretary to the Admiralty 1795–1804 |
Succeeded by: William Marsden |
| Preceded by: William Wickham |
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1804–1805 |
Succeeded by: Nicholas Vansittart |
| Preceded by: Jonathan Duncan |
Governor of Bombay 1812–1819 |
Succeeded by: Mountstuart Elphinstone |
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