Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery

Who is Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery?

Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery was the 11th Baron Carbery from 1970 until his death at the age of 92 in 2012.

Evans-Freke was educated at Downside, a Benedictine boarding school in Somerset. He then joined the Royal Engineers and during the Second World War saw active service behind enemy lines in Burma, where he took part in raids to destroy Japanese infrastructure. He then served in British India and ended his military service with the rank of Captain.

Following the war, Evans-Freke went into business, becoming a director of an equine and livestock insurance company. He married firstly Joyzelle, an Australian, and they had three sons, Michael, John, and Stephen, and two daughters, Maura and Angela. In a marriage which lasted more than sixty years, the couple were frequent visitors to Lourdes.

On 25 December 1970 Evans-Freke succeeded an uncle in the family peerage and baronetcy.

He had a deep interest in agriculture. A Traditionalist Catholic, his deep devotion to the Roman Catholic Church was matched by a love of music and poetry, and he was, as his son John described him in the eulogy, an “incurable romantic”.