Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (9 July 1751 or 1753 near Saltash, Cornwall - 1822) was a British politician and colonial administrator. He served as the first effective Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department April 1782-December 1791, Under-Secretary of State for War in 1794, secretary to the Board of Admiralty 1795-1804, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1804-1805, Commissioner of the Admiralty, and governor of Bombay 1812-1819. He was made a baronet in 1802.

Nepean, Ontario and Nepean River in New South Wales were named after him.

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John Bell | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
1782–1794 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
John King

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None | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Under-Secretary of State for War
1794–1795 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
William Huskisson

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Philip Stephens | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |First Secretary to the Admiralty
1795–1804 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
William Marsden

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William Wickham | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Chief Secretary for Ireland
1804–1805 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Nicholas Vansittart

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Jonathan Duncan | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Governor of Bombay
1812–1819 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Mountstuart Elphinstone

External Links

• History of the Home Office 1782-1982