A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evanson, Alleyn
EVANSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 9.)
Alleyn Evanson has lost a brother in the army and another at sea.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in Feb. 1811, of the Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. From March, 1812, until Oct. 1814, he next served, off the coasts of France and North America, in the Hannibal 74, and Niemen 38, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Pym. He subsequently, in the Royal Oak 74, bearing the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, co-operated in the attack upon New Orleans. Obtaining his commission 13 June, 1815, Mr. Evanson, on 5 Oct. in the same year, joined the Spey 20, Capt. John Lake, but, invaliding 29 Dec. following, remained unemployed until appointed to the Coast Guard in July, 1820. In the ensuing Sept. he ppears to have received a gun-shot wound in the knee during an affray with a smuggler off Kinsale. He was superseded, after having been for 21 years employed as an Inspecting-Commander, in 1843, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Evanson married, 15 March, 1821, Emily, eldest daughter of the late Counsellor Connell, of the city of Cork, by whom he has issue four sons and six daughters.