David Bevan (banker)

David Bevan 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 and Louisa Kendall.

He was a partner in the London bank of Barclay, Bevan & Co. He had a seizure in 1826 and retired from the bank.

On 7 May 1798, he married Favell Bourke Lee, the daughter and heiress of Robert Cooper Lee, and Priscilla Kelly, daughter of 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, married Augustus Henry Bosanquet At Marylebone Church on 20 June 1825.

Favell Lee Bevan, married Rev. Thomas Mortimer on 29 April 1841, and became an Evangelical author of educational books for children.
Robert Cooper Lee Bevan became a fellow banker, senior partner of Barclays Bank.
Richard Lee Bevan, married Isabella Judith Maria Loraine Smith on 10 September 1840.
Rev. Barclay Bevan, married Agnes Carus-Wilson.
Frances Lee Bevan, married Admiral William Morier on 13 July 1841.
Frederica Emma Bevan, married Ernest Augustus Stephenson on 1 February 1834.

Bevan died on 24 December 1846 at Belmont as a consequence of injuries sustained during a fire there the previous week. He was buried alongside his wife in the Bevan family vault at Christ Church, Cockfosters.