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Silvanus Bevan (a.k.a. Silvanus Bevan III) (3 October 1743 – 25 January 1830) was a British
On 10 April 1769, he married Isabella Wakefield (1752–1769), the daughter of Edward and Isabella Wakefield, from an old Westmorland Quaker family. She died of fever on 17 November 1769, aged 17.
On 23 September 1773, Bevan married Louisa Kendall (1748–1838), the daughter of Henry Kendall, a banker, of Lincoln's Inn Fields. They had seven sons. On marrying a non-Quaker, he was expelled from the Society of Friends. In 1783 he bought
banker
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Early life
He was born on 3 October 1743 in Plough CourtPharmacy
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, Lombard Street, London
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From Bank junction, where nine streets converge by the Bank of England, Lombard ...
, the son of Timothy Bevan
Sir Timothy Hugh Bevan (24 May 1927 – 11 February 2016) was a British lawyer and heir to a banking dynasty. He was the chairman of Barclays Bank from 1981 to 1987.
Early life
Born in May 1927, the younger brother of Robert Francis Bevan (who ...
(1704–1786) and his wife Elizabeth Barclay (1714–1745).
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
The Anchor Brewery was a brewery in Park Street, Southwark, London, England. Established in 1616, by the early nineteenth century it was the largest brewery in the world. From 1781 it was operated by Barclay Perkins & Co, who in 1955 merged with ...
) 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 died of fever on 17 November 1769, aged 17.
On 23 September 1773, Bevan married Louisa Kendall (1748–1838), the daughter of Henry Kendall, a banker, of Lincoln's Inn Fields. They had seven sons. On marrying a non-Quaker, he was expelled from the Society of Friends. In 1783 he bought Swallowfield Park
Swallowfield Park is a Grade II* listed stately home and estate in the English county of Berkshire. The house is near the village of Swallowfield, some 4 miles south of the town of Reading.
The House
Swallowfield Park was the home of the B ...
in Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Be ...
, from John Dodd for £20,000, and then sold the house in about 1788. In 1789 he bought Riddlesworth Hall
Riddlesworth Hall School is a former country house. It now serves 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 Compto ...
. In 1814 he moved to 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. T ...
, Hungerford, Wiltshire. He also had houses at 31 Gloucester Place
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, London and Collingwood House, 127 Marine Parade, Brighton.
Silvanus and Louisa Bevan had seven children:
* David Bevan (1774–1846)., married Favell Bourke Lee (1780–1841)
* Henry Bevan (1776–1860), married Harriet Droz (1783–1852).
* Rev. Frederick Stephen Bevan (1779–1859), married Ann Elizabeth Buxton (1782–1848).
* Charles Bevan (1781–1832), married Mary Johnstone (1789–1854).
* Rev. George Bevan (1782–1819), married Anne Buchanan (1782–1831).
* Robert Bevan (1784–1854), married Mary Peele Taylor (1786–1853).
* Richard Bevan (1788–1870), married Charlotte Hunter (1801–1835) then Sarah Dewar (−1883). He was a banker based in Brighton.
Death
He died in 1830.References
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