Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans (1763 – by 1831) was a British revolutionary conspirator. Active in the 1790s and the period 1816–1820, he is otherwise a shadowy character, known mainly as a hardline follower of Thomas Spence. Early life By 1794 Evans was living in London, married to Janet Galloway, also a radical. At this point they were in Soho, supporting themselves by colouring engravings, which included "bawdy prints". They were in Frith Street, and provided there a mailing address to some reformers. In 1796 the couple moved to Fetter Lane. Evans had a number of trades, including baker, and shortly an income enough to rent space there adequate to host radical meetings. In early 1797, Evans was leader in London of the United Englishmen, with John Bone and Alexander Galloway, Janet's brother. The United Englishmen aimed at co-ordinated armed risings in England, Scotland and Ireland, at the time of a French invasion. From 1797, the Fetter Lane house saw visits from Benjamin Binns, brother of John Binns, the Manchester radical John Smith, and James O'Coigly. In 1798 Evans was secretary of the London Corresponding Society (LCS), with which he had been involved for some years.