Sir Richard Mark Evans KCMG KCVO (Chinese: 伊文思爵士 15 April 1928 – 24 August 2012) was a British diplomat who was the ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from January 1984 to May 1988 during which he and Zhou Nan the Chinese representative initialed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on 26 September 1984. Evans joined the Foreign Office in 1952.
birth date
1928-04-15
birth place
British Honduras
death date
2012-08-24
death place
Wiltshire
monarch
Elizabeth II
order in office
British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China