Thomas Moore Evans
British-born founder of Bracia Evans (Evans Brothers Co), forerunner of Lilpop, Rau and Loewestein of Warsaw. He was probably an entrpreneur, rather than an engineer.
Died 1837.
1837 Partnership dissolved: Thomas Moore Evans, Andrew Birch Evans, Brooke Evans, and Edward Samuel Horridge, Birmingham, flax-dressers.[1]
Link to the will of Thomas Moore Evans of Parszow, Poland, here.
A great deal of information information on the role of the Evans brothers, and indeed on wider aspects of British involvement in Poland, may be found in this PhD Thesis (large pdf)[2]. This source describes Thomas Moore Evans (1794-1837) as a Birmingham merchant present in Poland since 1815, who had made a modest start in the Kingdom of Poland by running a shop in Warsaw selling a wide range of British goods, from luxury items to agricultural implements and articles of everyday use. The success of this venture led him to consider producing such goods on the spot with the help of Joseph Morris, a British foundry worker resident in the city. In 1822 Evans took this idea to Staszic, who granted him free use of redundant church buildings in Warsaw's New Town. 'Evans' exploitation of his monopoly position, involving profit margins of up to 400 % on certain items, incurred the wrath of Prince Lubecki, who wrote scathingly of 'English rapacity'. .... 'No figures are available for the total profits of the Evans ventures, but when the last of the brothers died in 1870, he left assets valued at £250,000 , most of which must have derived from activities in Poland.'