Beverley B. Munford

Beverley Bland Munford (September 10, 1856 – May 31, 1910) was an American lawyer, politician, social reformer, speaker, and author in Richmond, Virginia. He served eight years in the Virginia House of Delegates and four years in the Virginia Senate. He wrote a book about the causes of the American Civil War.

Early life and family Childhood and education Beverley Bland Munford was the son of Colonel John Dunborrow Munford and the grandson of William Munford, author of "Munford's Reports" and a translator of Homer's Illiad. Beverley Bland Munford's childhood was spent on a farm near Williamsburg. They had a daughter Mary Safford, born 1895 and a son, Beverly Bland Munford Jr., born 1899. His grandson, B. B. Munford III, was an executive at the Richmond investment firm Davenport & Co.

Career Beverley Munford was a member of the Richmond Education Association which Mary-Cooke Munford helped found. He served as a member of the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary and of the Hampton Normal School. Munford served on the board of directors of the Virginia Historical Society and was a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Extant documents include a letter he wrote to John Allen Watts June 18, 1874 about his commencement speaking engagements and activities at Fincastle. James Branch Cabell's From the Hidden Way was dedicated to Munford.