Occupation Banker Died February 4, 1870 Religion Quaker Parents Silvanus Bevan | Name Richard Bevan Children Richard Alexander Bevan Role Banker | |
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Born 22 August 1788 Swallowfield, Berkshire, England Residence Highcliff Lodge, Horsgate, Brighton Spouse(s) Charlotte Hunter
Sarah Dewar Relatives Silvanus Bevan (paternal great-grandfather)
Timothy Bevan (paternal grandfather)
David Bevan (brother) Great-grandparents Silvanus Bevan (1661–1725) | ||
Grandparents Timothy Bevan (1704-1786) | ||
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Richard Bevan (22 August 1788 – 4 February 1870) was a British banker and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of Barclays Bank.
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- Early life
- Career
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- Death
- References
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Early life
Richard Bevan was born on 22 August 1788 at Swallowfield Park, Berkshire His father, Silvanus Bevan III, was a banker. His mother was Louisa Kendall. He grew up at Riddlesworth Hall with six siblings.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
Bevan was a banker. He joined the Brighton Union Bank which had been set up in 1805 by a deed of co-partnership between William Golding, James Browne, Nathaniel Hall, Richard Lashmar and Thomas West. It became Hall, Bevan, West and Bevans, before being taken over by Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie and Co in 1894, and going on to form part of Barclays Bank.
Philanthropy
Bevan made charitable contributions to the Widow's Friend and Benevolent Society.
Personal life
Bevan married twice. His first wife was Charlotte Hunter, the daughter of Col Richard Hunter. They married 30 August 1823. They had four daughters and one son, the banker Richard Alexander Bevan (1834–1918). Charlotte died in 1835.
In 1859, their youngest daughter Charlotte Louisa (1831-1911) married Percival Bosanquet (1831-1915), the son Augustus Henry Bosanquet and Louisa Priscilla Bevan (the eldest daughter of Richard's cousin David Bevan). Their daughters Theodosia (1828-1886) and Elizabeth Charlotte (1830-1894) both married clergymen. Their eldest daughter, Harriet Caroline, died as a toddler in 1834.
His second wife was Sarah (-1883), the daughter of Richard Cuming Dewar of Clapham, Surrey. She had been friends with his first wife Charlotte for many years. This marriage was childless.
He lived at Highcliff Lodge, 128 Marine Parade, which is located on Marine Square in Kemptown, Brighton.
Death
Bevan died on 4 February 1870 and is buried in Brighton's Extra-Mural Cemetery.