Evelyn Hubbard

Who was Evelyn Hubbard?

The Honourable Evelyn Hubbard was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

He was the fifth son of John Gellibrand Hubbard, a director and governor of the Bank of England, and member of parliament for the City of London.

He was educated at Radley School and Christchurch, Oxford, before entering the family business of John Hubbard and company, Russia Merchants in 1875. He subsequently became the last governor of the Russia Company, a director of the Bank of England and a member of the lieutenancy commission for the City of London.

The family home was Addington in Buckinghamshire and when a vacancy occurred for the parliamentary constituency of North Buckinghamshire in 1889, he was chosen as the Conservative candidate. He failed to hold the seat for the Conservatives, and was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Edmund Hope Verney by 208 votes. Two years later there was another by-election in the constituency, and he again stood in the Conservative interest. He was again defeated, with the new Liberal MP increasing the majority to 381 votes.

In the meantime, Hubbard had moved to London, and in March 1892 he was elected an alderman on London County Council, as a member of the Conservative-backed Moderate Party. He held the seat until 1898.