Thomas Bevan (politician)

Thomas Bevan
Born26 November 1829
London
Died1 March 1907
London
NationalityBritish
EducationCity of London School
OccupationCement manufacturer
RelativesHannah Bevan (mother)

Theodore Francis Bevan (nephew)[1]

Thomas Bevan (cricketer) (grandson)

Thomas Bevan (26 November 1829 – 1 March 1907) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1880.[2]

Bevan was elected member of parliament (MP) for Gravesend in the 1880 United Kingdom general election. That was election was declared void. In the subsequent by-election Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet was elected MP.

He was elected Sheriff of London on 28 September 1878.

Life

Bevan was born in London to a philanthropic Quaker family; his parents were Thomas Bevan MD FLS FLA MRCP MRCSE and Hannah Marishall Bevan.

References

  1. ^ H. J. Gibbney, 'Bevan, Theodore Francis (1860–1907)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University].
  2. ^ The New House of Commons, with Biographical Notices of Its Members [etc.]. 1885. p. 100.
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