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Silvanus Bevan (1743–1830)
Silvanus Bevan (a.k.a. Silvanus Bevan III) (3 October 1743 – 25 January 1830) was a British banker. Early life He was born on 3 October 1743 in Plough Court Pharmacy, Lombard Street, London, the son of Timothy Bevan (1704–1786) and his wife Elizabeth Barclay (1714–1745). His father hired the English educator, historian, and Quaker Robert Proud to tutor Silvanus and his brother.Powell, J. H. Robert Proud, Pennsylvania’s First Historian, in ''Pennsylvania History'', Vol. XIII, No. 2, April 1946. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Free Library of Pennsylvania, 1946, p. 90 (retrieved online August 4, 2018). Career In 1767, he joined his uncle James Barclay, and in 1776, their firm became "Barclay, Bevan and Bening". He was a sleeping partner in the Barclay and Perkins brewery ( Anchor Brewery) at Southwark. Personal life On 10 April 1769, he married Isabella Wakefield (1752–1769), the daughter of Edward and Isabella Wakefield, from an old Westmorland Quaker family. She d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bevan (banker)
David Bevan (6 November 1774 – 24 December 1846) was a British banker. He was a partner in Barclay, Bevan & Co, later known as Barclays. Early life He was born in Bishopsgate, London, and educated at Winchester College. He was one of seven sons of Silvanus Bevan (1743-1830), Silvanus Bevan and Louisa Kendall. Career He was a partner in the London bank of Barclay, Bevan & Co (which would become Barclays). He had a seizure in 1826 and retired from the bank. Personal life On 7 May 1798, he married Favell Bourke Lee (1780-1841), the daughter and heiress of Robert Cooper Lee (1735-1794), and Priscilla Kelly, daughter of Dennis Kelly (judge), Denis Kelly, Chief Justice of Jamaica. Robert Cooper Lee was Crown Solicitor-General of Jamaica, and Barrister of 26 Berners Street and 30 Bedford Square, London (also of Rose Hall, Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Bevan couple spent their honeymoon at his father's house Riddlesworth Hall School, Riddlesworth Hall. In 1808 they moved to Hale End, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddlesworth Hall School
Riddlesworth Hall is a country house, and was formerly used as a boarding school. It is located in Riddlesworth, Norfolk, England. History It was acquired by Silvanus Bevan III (1743–1830) in 1792. It later became the seat of the Compton-Thornhill baronets, including Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet (1837–1900) and Sir Anthony John Compton-Thornhill, 2nd Baronet (1868–1949). The second baronet had no heirs and the hall was converted for use as a school.Select English Architecture It was designed by architect Thomas Leverton (1743–1824) as a three-store ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevan Family
Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Zealand cricketer * Bevan Davies, American musician * Bevan Docherty (born 1977), New Zealand triathlete * Bevan Dufty (born 1955), American politician * Bevan Eatts, Australian politician * Bevan French (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer * Bevan George (born 1977), Australian hockey player * Bevan Griggs (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer * Bevan Hari (born 1975), New Zealand field hockey player * Bevan Kapisi (born 1981), Samoan footballer * Bevan Meredith (1927–2019), Australian Anglican archbishop of Papua New Guinea * Bevan Rodd (born 2000), Scottish rugby union player * Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American astronomer * Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur * Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 1946), Australian child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barclays People
Barclays PLC (, occasionally ) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces its origins to the goldsmith banking business established in the City of London in 1690. James Barclay became a partner in the business in 1736. In 1896, twelve banks in London and the English provinces, including Goslings Bank, Backhouse's Bank and Gurney, Peckover and Company, united as a joint-stock bank under the name Barclays and Co. Over the following decades, Barclays expanded to become a nationwide bank. In 1967, Barclays deployed the world's first cash dispenser. Barclays has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including of London, Provincial and South Western Bank in 1918, British Linen Bank in 1919, Mercantile Credit in 1975, the Woolwich in 2000 and the North American operations of Lehman Brothers in 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankers From London
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. As banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional-reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but, in many ways, functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 Deaths
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) begins operation, becoming the first publicly chartered college in Alabama. * January 12 – Webster–Hayne debate: In the United States Congress, Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina debates against Daniel Webster of Massachusetts about the question of states' rights vs. federal authority. The debate lasts until –January 27. * February 3 – The London Protocol (1830), London Protocol establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire, as the result of the Greek War of Independence. * February 5 – A fire destroys the Argyll Rooms in London, where the Philharmonic Society of London presents concerts, but firefighters are able to prevent its further spread by use of their new equipment, steam-powered fire e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1743 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors had seen the Rockies from the west side). * January 8 – King Augustus III of Poland, acting in his capacity as Elector of Saxony, signs an agreement with Austria, pledging help in war in return for part of Silesia to be conveyed to Saxony. * January 12 ** The Verendryes, and two members of the Mandan Indian tribe, reach the foot of the mountains, near the site of what is now Helena, Montana. ** An earthquake strikes the Philippines * January 16 – Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury turns his effects over to King Louis XV of France, 13 days before his death on January 29. * January 23 – With mediation by France, Sweden and Russia begin peace negotiations at Åbo (Turku) to end the Russo-Swedish War. By August 17, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, Roman conquest of Britain, Roman and Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bevan (banker, Born 1788)
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. 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 Lt-Col Dunbar James H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester Place
Gloucester Place is a street in Marylebone in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north from Portman Square across the Marylebone Road eventually merging into Park Road. It is parallel to Baker Street to the east and forms part of the A41 road from nearby Marble Arch. The Portman Estate was developed into grids of streets for affluent residential housing from the mid-eighteenth century. Gloucester Place was named after the Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Duke of Gloucester, younger brother of George III. The street has largely kept its original Georgian era, Georgian character. For some of the route the street is paralleled by Gloucester Place Mews to the west. Once part of the mews stable, stabling for the houses, it now consists of independent dwellings. The 1935 art deco Dorset House, Marylebone, Dorset House apartment block was completed in 1935 at the junction with Marylebone Road. On the opposite corner of the junction is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosbury House
Fosbury House is a Grade II listed country house northwest of the village of Fosbury in Wiltshire, England, about southeast of Marlborough. The mansion was built about 1800, in limestone ashlar with a hipped tiled roof, and has three storeys. The three-bay front has a half-round Ionic portico and a pedimented gable. Lodges stand at the roadside entrances to the grounds: a two-storey building of c.1860 in flint and brick in the southwest, opposite the church; and a single-storey building in the northeast. The house was purchased in 1810 by Silvanus Bevan, then passed to his son David Bevan, then to his son Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, then to his son Francis Augustus Bevan, four generations of bankers. At some point between 1899 and 1903, it was sold to Alfred Henry Huth (1850–1910), the bibliophile, and it housed the Huth Library until its dispersal in a series of sales after his death. The house was recorded as Grade II listed in 1986, as was the brick and flint kitchen gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dodd (Reading MP)
John Dodd (24 September 1717 – 9 February 1782) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1741 and 1782. Dodd was the only son of Randolph (or Randall) Dodd of Chester and was born on 24 September 1717. He succeeded his father in 1721. He was educated at Eton College from 1728 to 1732 and matriculated at King's College, Cambridge in 1735. Dodd was a close friend of Horace Walpole, and was returned as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in 1741, and from 1755 to 1782. He became a Governor of the Foundling Hospital in 1739, and his second wife Juliana was an inspector of wet nurses in Berkshire for the Hospital. Dodd lived at Swallowfield Park, near Reading. He married firstly Jane, the daughter of Henry Le Coq St. Leger of Shinfield, Berkshire, with whom he had 3 sons and a daughter and secondly Juliana, the daughter of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, with whom he had a further son and 3 daughters. He died at Swallowfield S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
