Born at Claybrook House, Leicestershire, on 30 January 1848, he was only son of Henry Everard of Gosberton, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, by his wife Helen Maitland.
daughter by his second wife of Captain William Stirling of Milton and Castlemilk, Lanarkshire.
He enjoyed success at golf, winning in the competitions of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Silver Medal (second prize at the spring meeting) in 1888, the Calcutta cup in 1888 and 1890, and the Silver Cross (the first prize) in 1891.
1898); A History of the Royal & Ancient Club of St. Andrews from 1754–1900 (1907),[3][4] and he wrote on "Some Celebrated Golfers" for the Badminton Library golf manual (1890; 5th edit.
[1] Everard married in 1880 Annie, eldest surviving daughter of Colonel Robert Tod Boothby of St. Andrews (d. 1907).