Richard Alexander Bevan

Richard Alexander Bevan
Born 14 July 1834
Brighton, East Sussex, England
Died 18 February 1918
Education Harrow School
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation Banker
Spouse(s) 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 (1834–1918) was a British banker and philanthropist. He is known as "the father of Cuckfield."

Early life

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

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

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 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

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

Bevan died on 18 February 1918 and is buried in the Bevan family tomb at Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield.[3]

References

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