A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evison, John Crouchley
EVISON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Crouchley Evison entered the Navy 6 June, 1809. On 12 Dec. 1810, being then in the Entreprenante cutter, of 8 guns and 33 men, Lieut.-Commander Peter Williams, he assisted, near Malaga, in beating off, after a spirited action of four hours, in which the British sustained considerable loss, four French privateers, carrying altogether 15 guns and 170 men, one of the largest of which had made three desperate but ineffectual attempts to board. The Entreprenante subsequently, on 25 April, 1811, re-engaged, and in 15 minutes drove on shore, one of her old opponents, mounting 6 guns and 45 men. Mr. Evison, whom we afterwards find present in the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Geo. Harris, during the operations of 1814 in the Gironde, passed his examination in 1815; and, on 27 Aug. in the following year, served at the battle of Algiers on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. As a Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 April, 1827, his appointments, we find, were – 18 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Guard – 11 Oct. 1834, to the command of the Lapwing Revenue-vessel – and, 26 Sept. 1837, again to the Coast Guard. He left the latter service towards the close of 1843, and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Evison is Assistant Deputy-Governor of the Queen’s Bench Prison. He married, 6 June, 1839, Henrietta, eldest daughter of J. Spence, Esq., of Bishopwearmouth.