Robert Cooper Lee Bevan
Robert Cooper Lee Bevan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 February 1809 Walthamstow, East London, England |
| Died | 1890 |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse(s) | Agneta Elizabeth Yorke Emma Frances Shuttleworth, |
| Children | 7 (first marriage), 9 (second marriage) |
| Parent(s) | David Bevan Favell Bourke Lee |
| Relatives | Silvanus Bevan (paternal grandfather) Timothy Bevan (paternal great-grandfather) Favell Lee Mortimer (sister) |
Robert Cooper Lee Bevan (8 February 1809 - 1890) was a British banker. He served as a senior partner of Barclays Bank.
Early life
Robert Cooper Lee Bevan was born on 8 February 1809 at Hale End, Walthamstow. He was the eldest son of fellow banker David Bevan (1774–1846), and his wife, Favell Bourke Lee (1780–1841).[1] He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford.[2]
Career
Bevan served as a senior partner of Barclays Bank.[1]
Personal life
He resided at Fosbury House, Wiltshire, and Trent Park, London. His father bought Trent Park as a gift to celebrate his marriage to Agneta Elizabeth Yorke.
He founded Christ Church, Cockfosters,[3] and the funerary monument to the Bevan family is the largest single monument in the graveyard of that church.[4] The inscription to him reads, "He lived soberly, righteously and godly in this present world".[2] His eldest son Sydney was the joint first baptism (along with Cecil, the son of his brother-in-law Augustus Henry Bosanquet) in the new church, nine days after its consecration.[2]
He had 16 children, seven with his first wife, Lady Agneta Elizabeth Yorke (1811-51), daughter of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke and Elizabeth Weake Rattray:
- Sydney Bevan (1838-1901)
- Francis Augustus Bevan (1840-1919), banker, chairman of Barclays Bank from 1896-1916.
- Lucy Agneta Bevan (1841-45)
- Alice Lee Bevan (1843-1923)
- Wilfred Arthur Bevan (1846-1905)
- Roland Yorke Bevan (1848-1923), married Agneta Olivia Fitzgerald (1850-1940), daughter of Arthur Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird
- Edith Agneta Bevan (1850-1929), married William Middleton Campbell
He had a further nine children with his second wife, the translator and poet Emma Frances Shuttleworth, daughter of Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, Bishop of Chichester:
- Ada Frances Bevan (1857-1861)
- Anthony Ashley Bevan (1859-1933), orientalist
- Hubert Lee Bevan (1860-1939)
- Millicent Ada Bevan (1862-1946)
- Gladys Mary Bevan (1865-1947)
- Gwendolen Bevan (1866-1937), married Ion Keith-Falconer
- Edwyn Robert Bevan, philosopher and historian
- Enid Bertha Bevan (1872-1954)
- Nesta Helen Bevan (1875-1960), controversial author who revived conspiracy theories about the Illuminati
Land
John Bateman in his Great landowners, of 1883, lists Bevan as having:
- In Wiltshire, 2,227 acres (worth 1,679 guineas pa); Berkshire. 956 acres (worth 807 gpa) and Hampshire. 214 acres (worth 160 gpa). At the time parts of Berkshire were islands within Wiltshire. This refers to his Fosbury estate.
- In Middlesex, 469 acres (worth 794 gpa) and Hertfordshire 47 acres (worth 136 gpa). (Trent Park).
- Total: 3,913 acres worth 3,576 guineas per annum
Death
He died in 1890.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bevan, Robert Cooper Lee (1809–1890)". ODNB. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cockfosters Church Centenary" (PDF). christchurchcockfosters.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Christ Church Cockfosters: 125 years. Franey & Co., London, c. 1964. p. 5.
- ^ Our History. Christ Church, Cockfosters. Retrieved 21 July 2015.