Edward Latham Bevan (27 October 1861 “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London,

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, 1991 – 2 February 1934) was a Welsh churchman, the inaugural Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1923 until his death, having previously been the final suffragan Bishop of Swansea.

Life

Born in Weymouth on 27 October 1861 Bevan was the son of William Latham Bevan and Louisa Dew, and nephew of George Phillips Bevan. He was educated at

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(whence he gained the degree

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) and ordained in 1886. Bevan began his career with a

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at Holy Trinity, Weymouth after which he was

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of the Gordon’ Home for Boys until 1907 when he succeeded his father as Archdeacon of Brecon. He was appointed an acting

to the 1st (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers (of which his father had been an Honorary Chaplain since 1860) and in 1907 he succeeded his father as Hon Chaplain to the battalion, retaining the role until

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. He was first appointed to the

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as the Bishop of Swansea, a

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in the

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, ordained and consecrated a bishop on 29 September 1915, by Randall Davidson,

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, at

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; before becoming the first Bishop of Swansea and Brecon upon the erection of that diocese eight years later.Diocesan web-site
/ref> At some point he gained a

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(DD).

References

1861 births 1934 deaths Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Archdeacons of Brecon Bishops of Swansea Bishops of Swansea and Brecon 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales {{UK-bishop-stub