William Bevan (priest)

[2] After Bevan's education at Rugby School under Dr. Thomas Arnold, he matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, on 14 December 1838; but he almost immediately removed to Magdalen Hall, on being elected Lusby scholar there.

[2] In 1844, Bevan was ordained deacon, and in 1845, after a short curacy at Stepney, he was admitted priest and presented to the living of Hay, Breconshire, by Sir Joseph Bailey, who was married to his mother's sister.

He held it for 56 years, a private income enabling him to contribute lto the restoration of the church, the erection of schools and of a town clock and tower, besides building a parish hall at his own expense.

He was commemorated in Hay Church by carved oak choir stalls and a marble chancel pavement, given by his family in August 1910.

[2] Besides contributing articles to William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Bevan was also author of works on ancient geography: Bevan married on 19 June 1849, at Whitney Church, Herefordshire, Louisa, fourth daughter of Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court, by whom he had three sons and four daughters.