William Evelyn (died 1908)

[8] He later returned to the House of Commons as Member for Deptford in 1885, resigning in 1888 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead after falling out with his party[6][9][10] as a result of events in Mitchelstown, Ireland where police shot on protesters and killed three people.

Subsequently, Lord Salisbury's government accepted the police version of events and refused to condemn their actions; Evelyn was horrified by this and resigned from parliament.

[7][11][12] Evelyn thoroughly disapproved of the Boer War, he considered it had been made in the interest of capitalists and that it was unjust and cruel.

[13] In 1886, he dedicated an acre and a half of the Sayes Court recreation ground that he had created, in perpetuity to the public and a permanent provision was made for the Evelyn estate to cover the expense of maintenance and caretaking.

His monogram (initials) appears over the front door in stone, and plentifully over the external decorations of the house.