{{Short description|British banker (1927–2016)}} {{for|the British apothecary and pharmacist|Timothy Bevan (apothecary)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Sir Timothy Bevan | image = | caption = | birth_name = Timothy Hugh Bevan | birth_date = 24 May 1927 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|2|11|1927|5|24}} | death_place = | known_for = | education = Eton College | occupation = Banker | title = Chairman, Barclays Bank, 1981 to 1987 | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = 4 | parents = | relatives = Silvanus Bevan<br />David Barclay }} '''Sir Timothy Hugh Bevan''' (24 May 1927 – 11 February 2016) was a British lawyer and heir to a banking dynasty. He was the chairman of Barclays Bank from 1981 to 1987.
==Early life== Born in May 1927,<ref name=Barclays>{{cite web|title=Sir Timothy Bevan (Chairman 1981-1987)|url=https://www.archive.barclays.com/items/show/19499|website=Barclays|accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=CompaniesHouse>{{cite web|title=Seahorse Yachts Limited|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03449449/officers|website=Companies House|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> the younger brother of Robert Francis Bevan (who married Philippa Sumner), he is a direct descendant of both Silvanus Bevan (1743–1830) and of David Barclay (1682–1769), two of the original senior partners in Barclay, Bevan, Tritton and Co.<ref name=Barclays/>
Bevan was educated at Eton College,<ref name=Barclays /> before being commissioned in the British Army, and served with the Welsh Guards from 1945 to 1947.<ref name=Barclays/> He studied the Law and was called to the bar in 1950.<ref name=Barclays/>
==Career== Bevan started his career at the family business, Barclays Bank, in 1950<ref name=Barclays/> and worked in its offices in London, Manchester, Preston, and Luton, then in France and Cyprus until 1955, when he returned to Britain, joining the offices in Leeds, Nottingham, and Lombard Street, London.<ref name=Barclays/>
He served on the Board of Directors of Barclays Bank from 1966 to 1993.<ref name=Barclays/> From 1968 to 1974, he served as its Vice Chairman.<ref name=Barclays/> He served as its Chairman from 1981 to 1987,<ref name=Barclays /> being succeeded by Sir John Quinton.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sir John Quinton|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9239493/Sir-John-Quinton.html|accessdate=4 August 2015|work=Daily Telegraph|date=1 May 2012}}</ref>
Chairman of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers and Vice President of the Council of the Institute of Bankers,<ref name=Barclays/> he also served as a member of the National Economic Development Council.<ref name=Barclays/> Bevan was knighted on 14 February 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49696 |date=2 April 1984 |page=4829 |supp=y}}</ref>
He died on 11 February 2016 after a long illness,<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/199579/bevan |publisher=announcements.telegraph.co.uk|title=BEVAN - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements|accessdate=9 September 2016}}</ref> and was survived by a widow and four children.
==Philanthropy== Bevan served on the board of trustees of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex.<ref name=Barclays/>
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