Arthur Bevan (c. 1687 – 6 March 1742), of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, was a Welsh lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741.
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 28 February 1705, aged 17.
from a junior branch of the Vaughans of Golden Grove who led the Whig interest in Carmarthen in the seventeenth century.
[2] On 22 July 1722, Bevan was appointed Recorder of Carmarthen, where he played a leading role in the Whig interest.
He lost his seat at the 1741 British general election and also lost his recordership on 7 August 1741 as a result of Sir John Philipps' development of the Tory interest in the borough.