Evan Nepean

Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (9 July 1751 or 1753 near Saltash, Cornwall – 2 October 1822) was a British politician and colonial administrator.

He was Member of Parliament for Queenborough from 1796 till 1802, then moving to Bridport 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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