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词条 Richard Bevan
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Philanthropy

  4. Personal life

  5. Death

  6. References

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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.

Early life

Richard Bevan was born on 22 August 1788 at Swallowfield Park, Berkshire His father, Silvanus Bevan III, was a banker.[1][1] His mother was Louisa Kendall. He grew up at Riddlesworth Hall with six siblings.[1]

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3][4]

Philanthropy

Bevan made charitable contributions to the Widow's Friend and Benevolent Society.[5]

Personal life

Bevan married twice. His first wife was Charlotte Hunter, the daughter of Col Richard Hunter. They married 30 August 1823.[2] They had four daughters and one son,[1] the banker Richard Alexander Bevan (1834–1918).[2][1] Charlotte died in 1835.[1]

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).[6] Their daughters Theodosia (1828-1886) and Elizabeth Charlotte (1830-1894) both married clergymen.[1] Their eldest daughter, Harriet Caroline, died as a toddler in 1834.[1]

His second wife was Sarah (-1883), the daughter of Richard Cuming Dewar of Clapham, Surrey.[2] She had been friends with his first wife Charlotte for many years. This marriage was childless.[1]

He lived at Highcliff Lodge, 128 Marine Parade, which is located on Marine Square in Kemptown, Brighton.[2]

Death

Bevan died on 4 February 1870 and is buried in Brighton's Extra-Mural Cemetery.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=The Bevans|url=http://rth.org.uk/collections/bevan-dewar-letters/bevans-dewars/bevans|website=The Regency Town House|accessdate=14 August 2015}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=John Venn|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPPcP39XDDIC&pg=PA253|accessdate=14 August 2015|date=15 September 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-03611-5|page=253}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Hall, Bevan, West and Bevans (Brighton Union Bank)|url=https://www.archive.barclays.com/items/show/5165|website=Barclays|accessdate=14 August 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book|author1=Forrest Capie|author2=Alan Webber|title=A Monetary History of the United Kingdom: 1870-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcT5AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA566|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=5 November 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-60183-5|page=566}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=The Widow's Friend and Benevolent Society |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/32617239/?terms=%22Richard%2BBevan%22 |newspaper=The Times |date=January 1, 1825 |page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 17, 2015 }} {{Open access}}
6. ^{{cite book|author=J. Foster|title=The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fT8IAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|accessdate=14 August 2015|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-87180-617-3|page=30}}
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