Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting CBE ( August 7, 1941 - July 6, 2016 ) was a British publisher and Labor Party politician and a member of the House of Lords . Evans' father was the writer George Ewart Evans .

In 1964 Evans started working for the Faber & Faber publishing house and became managing director in 1971 and also chairman in 1980. Evans was also Director of the British Film Institute and Chairman of the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council .

In May 2000 he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Evans of Temple Guiting , of Temple Guiting in the County of Gloucestershire . In the House of Lords he acted as Whip from 2002 to 2007 and was spokesman for the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2003 . He was also spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government , the Department of Trade and Industry , the Department for Work and Pensions , and the Treasury . He left the government in 2007 to join the Swiss bank EFG International.

He was married to the literary agent Caroline Michel .

Individual evidence

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Evans, Matthew, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Evans, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British publisher and Labor Party politician and member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1941
DATE OF DEATH	July 6, 2016