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The Bevans of Horsgate

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An account of how Richard Alexander Bevan came to be regarded as "Cuckfield's leading citizen". His family and its background.

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The Bevans of Horsgate

Richard Alexander Bevan1834 – 1918

“Cuckfield’s Leading Citizen”

Highcliff LodgeMarine Parade, Brighton

Richard Alexander Bevan born here 1834

Richard Bevan1788 – 1870

Father ofRichard Alexander Bevan

“Tall, slender man,more a thinkerthan a talker”.

SwallowfieldBerkshire

Richard Bevan born here 1788

Silvanus (III) Bevan(1743-1830)

Father of Richard Bevan

Banker

In the grounds ofRiddlesworth Hall, NorfolkRiddlesworth Hall, Norfolkca.1790

Barclay’s Bank

FosburyWiltshire

Silvanus Bevan built it in 1814. Bevan home until 1902

Timothy Bevan(1704-1786)

Apothecary

Quaker

Plough Court Pharmacy,Lombard StreetLombard Street

Married Elizabeth Barclay(Barclay’s Bank)

HighcliffLodge

Collingwood HouseBrighton

seaside home of Silvanus Bevan

Richard Alexander Bevan(1834-1918)

as a young man

HarrowHarrowTrinity College Cambridge

Banker

Laura Bevan (née Polhill)(1833-1906)

Wife ofRichard Alexander BevanRichard Alexander Bevan

17 Brunswick Square, HovePolhill house

Edward Polhill(1789-1859)

Anne Polhill (née Graham)(1801-1882)

Mill Hall1862

Horsgateca.1910

Horsgate

Wheat Sheaf Inn

The Bevans of Horsgate

Children and DonkeyHorsgate

ca.1870

Richard Hunter Bevan(1862-1946)

“Dick”“Dick”

Lancelot Bevan(1863-1919)

“Lance”

Laura Maud Bevan(1864-1952)

“Maudie”

Robert Polhill Bevan1865-1925

“Bob”

Artist

Herbert Walter Bevan(1867-1927)

“Bertie”

“Edie” Bevan in her American Buggy

In Shade

MantrapMantrap

Bob, Bertie and Warden at Horsgate

Bob, Warden and Bertie

Warden, Bertie and hounds at Cuckfield Park

Warden and Bertie at Cuckfield Park

“Whiskey”A Phaeton in front of Horsgate

Bob and terrier at HorsgateNB mantrap

Horsgate - two terriers

“Tiny Tim”

“Old Nanny”

Lych Gate

Dedicated to Laura Maria Bevan 1911

Horsgate sold in 1918

Roamer

Roamer1890

Robert Polhill Bevan

Académie JulienParis 1890

A Breton Smithyca.1894

Cab Yard at Nightca.1910

A Sale at Tattersall’s1911

Showing at Tattersall’sca.1919

Front Field, Horsgate1911

The Paddock, Horsgate1914

Maples at Cuckfield1914

Stanisława Bevan(née Stanisława de Karłowska)

“Stasia”

1898

Aleksander Karłowski1826-1900

Edith Halina “Halszka” Robert Alexander “Bobby”1905

RichardAlexander

Bevan

Halszka

EdieMaudie

Stanislawa

Horsgate ca.1908

Bobby

Edith Halina Bevan(Baty)

(1898-1984)

“Halszka”

“Halszka” Bevan & Alice McConnelca.1916

The McConnels lived nearbyThe McConnels lived nearby

“Halszka” Sewing1918

The Artist’s Son1918

“Bobby” BevanCaptain RNVR

1944

Natalie Bevan(née von Akenhausen)

married Bobby Bevan

Bevan Family Tomb

The Baty Millstone

The Bevan griffin has been given a millstone to signifythe association of four members of the family with

paint and colour.

It also symbolises the Bevan legacy, which disappeared onthe death of “Bobby “Bevan