Richard Alexander Bevan
Richard Alexander Bevan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1834 Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Died | 18 February 1918 (aged 83) |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse | Laura Maria Polhill |
| Children | 4 sons (including Robert Bevan), 2 daughters |
| Parent(s) | Richard Bevan Charlotte Hunter |
| Relatives | Silvanus Bevan (paternal great-great-grandfather) Timothy Bevan (paternal great-grandfather) Silvanus Bevan (paternal grandfather) |
Richard Alexander Bevan (14 July 1834 – 18 February 1918) was a British banker and philanthropist. He is known as "the father of Cuckfield."
Early life[edit]
Richard Alexander Bevan was born on 14 July 1834 in Brighton, England.[1][2] His father, Richard Bevan, was a banker.[3] His mother, Charlotte Hunter, was the daughter of Colonel Richard Hunter. He grew up at Highcliff Lodge, a house located at 128 Marine Parade, which is located on Marine Square in Kemptown, Brighton.[1]
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][3]
Career[edit]
Bevan was a banker.[2] He became a partner in the Brighton Union Bank which was founded in Brighton in 1805.[1][4][5] The bank was set up by a deed of co-partnership between William Golding, James Browne, Nathaniel Hall, Richard Lashmar and Thomas West.[6] 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.[6]
Philanthropy[edit]
Bevan served as a Justice of the Peace and was the Treasurer of Brighton College, a private boarding school, from 1860 to 1918.[1]
Bevan became known as "the father of Cuckfield."[2] He built the Queen's Hall in Cuckfield in 1897 to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Bevan married Laura Maria Polhill (daughter of Edward Polhill).[1] They had four sons, including painter Robert Bevan, and two daughters.[1] Their daughter Edith Bevan founded the Cuckfield Women’s Suffrage Society.[7]
They resided on Brunswick Square, Hove, near Brighton. In 1862, they moved to Cuckfield, where he built Horsgate House in 1865.[1][2]
Death[edit]
Bevan died on 18 February 1918 and is buried in the Bevan family tomb at Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "More about the Bevans". Regency Town House. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Cuckfield Museum:Richard Alexander Bevan (1834-1918)
- ^ a b c John Venn (15 September 2011). 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. Cambridge University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-108-03611-5. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Barclays Bank: Founding banks and building societies: Hall, Bevan, West and Bevans (Brighton Union Bank)
- ^ Dan Tester, Brighton & Hove On This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year, Worthing, West Sussex: Pitch Publishing, 2014
- ^ a b "Hall, Bevan, West and Bevans (Brighton Union Bank)". Barclays. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Mid Sussex Suffragettes". Cuckfieldcompendium. Retrieved 14 August 2015.