J R Eve and Sons of Hitchin , valuers and surveyors

The Eve family was a famous surveying dynasty and the firm was based in Hitchin. Their business activities extended to Greater London, Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas. Sir Herbert Trustram Eve (1865-1936) was the son of J. Richard Eve FSI, agricultural valuer of Silsoe, Bedfordshire. He entered his father's office in 1882 and in 1902 became head of J.R. Eve and Sons. He became a leading authority on rating and valuation, especially agricultural. In 1918 Herbert Trustram Eve was awarded the KBE and became President of the Rating Surveyors Association. The firm is now part of Warmington's, Offley Hoo, Great Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.