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'''Edward Bickerton Evans'''
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = Edward Bickerton
| name = Evans
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Evans,_Edward_Bickerton.jpg
| birth_date = 1819
| death_date = 1893
| address = Whitbourne Hall, Doddenham, near Worcester
| occupation = business
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL = 1864.04.05
| elected_AI = 1864
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />ASL Foundation Fellow
| left = 1893 deceased
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Hill, Evans, and Company, British Wine and Malt Vinegar Manufacturers, was established by the late Mr. Edward Evans, associated with the late Mr. Hill, Mr. Edward Bickerton Evans and Mr. Thomas Rowley Hill<br />Edward Bickerton Evans [1] Born 17 Oct 1819 Worcester, Worcestershire, England [2] Gender Male <br />Died 16 May 1893 [2] Buried 20 May 1893 Whitbourne, Herefordshire, England <br />vinegar magnate Edward Bickerton Evans whose father founded the Hill Evans Vinegar works in Worcester in 1830, which was, by 1905, the biggest vinegar producer in the world. As was standard practice for the discerning Victorian millionaire he decided to build a grand country house and chose a cornfield in Whitbourne as the perfect location.<br />Built between the years 1861-1862 Whitbourne Hall was acquired by Edward Bickerton Evans, whose father had once been Mayor of Worcester. The family fortune came from banking and from ownership of Hill Evans and Co. manufacturers of vinegars and fruit wines.<br />To show his wealth and status Evans commissioned the architect E.W.Elmslie to create a classical, Bath stone Greek style inspired mansion, befitting of the family’s rise through the industrial class of the Victorian era. All neighbouring lands were bought up, and by the time Evans died in 1893 the estate comprised of many tenanted farms paying rent to their wealthy landlord. The family eventually sold the house in 1980 to Whitbourne Hall Community, which now runs the Hall, its cottages, apartments, renovated stables, outbuildings and gardens as well as running all of the events.<br />Thirty nine residents live at Whitbourne Hall and between them they look after the eight acres of grounds and the walled kitchen gardens in a co-operative fashion, everyone growing their own plot, filled with flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = Edward Bickerton
| name = Evans
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Evans,_Edward_Bickerton.jpg
| birth_date = 1819
| death_date = 1893
| address = Whitbourne Hall, Doddenham, near Worcester
| occupation = business
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL = 1864.04.05
| elected_AI = 1864
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />ASL Foundation Fellow
| left = 1893 deceased
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Hill, Evans, and Company, British Wine and Malt Vinegar Manufacturers, was established by the late Mr. Edward Evans, associated with the late Mr. Hill, Mr. Edward Bickerton Evans and Mr. Thomas Rowley Hill<br />Edward Bickerton Evans [1] Born 17 Oct 1819 Worcester, Worcestershire, England [2] Gender Male <br />Died 16 May 1893 [2] Buried 20 May 1893 Whitbourne, Herefordshire, England <br />vinegar magnate Edward Bickerton Evans whose father founded the Hill Evans Vinegar works in Worcester in 1830, which was, by 1905, the biggest vinegar producer in the world. As was standard practice for the discerning Victorian millionaire he decided to build a grand country house and chose a cornfield in Whitbourne as the perfect location.<br />Built between the years 1861-1862 Whitbourne Hall was acquired by Edward Bickerton Evans, whose father had once been Mayor of Worcester. The family fortune came from banking and from ownership of Hill Evans and Co. manufacturers of vinegars and fruit wines.<br />To show his wealth and status Evans commissioned the architect E.W.Elmslie to create a classical, Bath stone Greek style inspired mansion, befitting of the family’s rise through the industrial class of the Victorian era. All neighbouring lands were bought up, and by the time Evans died in 1893 the estate comprised of many tenanted farms paying rent to their wealthy landlord. The family eventually sold the house in 1980 to Whitbourne Hall Community, which now runs the Hall, its cottages, apartments, renovated stables, outbuildings and gardens as well as running all of the events.<br />Thirty nine residents live at Whitbourne Hall and between them they look after the eight acres of grounds and the walled kitchen gardens in a co-operative fashion, everyone growing their own plot, filled with flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
