Llewelyn David Bevan

Llewelyn David Bevan (11 September 1842 – 19 July 1918) was a Congregational church minister and academic active in Australia. His wife Louise Jane Bevan was also notable.

Early life Bevan was born in Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales. He was the son of the actuary Hopkin Bevan and his wife Eliza (née Davies). Bevan studied at New College, then at the University of London (B.A., 1862 and LL.B. 1865).

Ordained in 1865, Bevan assisted Thomas Binney at King's Weigh House Chapel; then 1869–75 was minister of the major Congregational church Tottenham Court Chapel.

Bevan married Louisa Jane, née Willett in Southampton on 2 April 1870. In 1873 Bevan was elected to the London School Board supporting 'free, compulsory and secular' education. In February 1910 Bevan became principal of Parkin College, Adelaide, a position he held until his death. She published poetry and later published The Life and Reminiscences of Llewelyn David Bevan which added to her husband's memoirs with her own notes. They had seven children and adopted another child. Louisa Jane Bevan died in 1933.