They had five children:[1] After the death of Charles Oliver, one of the members for County Limerick in the Irish House of Commons, Evans was elected to succeed him in 1707.
Evans's father had earlier been a strong supporter of William and Mary but declined King George I's offer of a peerage.
[citation needed] Lord Carbery, as Evans now was, and Allanson lodged an election petition with the House,[3] arguing that many of the Tory voters were not entitled to the franchise, and there were allegations of bribery on both sides.
[2] In the 1722 election, Carbery and Thomas Bennett stood against James Bertie (brother of Lord Abingdon) and Annesley; the Tory candidates were returned by the mayor.
[6] Although the results of the election were in their favour,[2] they were unable to produce the original copy of the poll, and their petition was dismissed on 25 February 1723/4.