Person    | Male  Born 4/3/1902  Died 9/9/1973

David Martyn Evans-Bevan

Categories: Benefactor

Countries: Wales

Son of Evan. Roots Web provides: "1st Baronet 1958. Governor of London House; Member of Shipwrights Co. He bought Margam Abbey as a present for his wife, but never lived there! Later he gave it to Glamorgan County Council, but there was a fire and it is now a ruin. Director of Barclays Bank Ltd 1938-72; Phoenix Assurance Co Ltd 1940-72; JP 1932-67, High Sheriff, Freeman of Neath 1939, Freeman of Port Talbot 1952; K St J; Sub-Prior Order of St John for Wales."

From Wikipedia: "The Evans-Bevan Baronetcy, of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 July 1958 for the Welsh businessman David Evans-Bevan. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1973."

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