[1] He was the second son of Sir John Everard (died 1624), justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland), and member of the Irish House of Commons for County Tipperary.

[2] Sir John was a devout Roman Catholic, and this led both to his dismissal from the Bench and his disqualification from office after his election as Speaker in the Irish Parliament of 1613; but the fact that his son was created a baronet in his father's lifetime suggests that Sir John was still held in high regard by the Crown.

Richard shared his father's religious beliefs: he was a prominent member of Confederate Ireland, and was condemned to death by the victorious Cromwellian forces in 1651, but he was reprieved and allowed to die in prison about 10 years later.

[3] The third Baronet was killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691, fighting on the losing side.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Benjamin Richard Nugent Everard (born 2005).