Bevan, Gerard L
Other Business Names:
- Ellis, Bevan & Co
- City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
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Financial services
Stockbroking & jobbing services
Notes:
Gerard Lee Bevan, 1869-1936, from 1893 was a partner in the stockbrokers, Ellis & Co, later Ellis, Bevan & Co, and in 1912 he became senior partner. Under Bevan, the firm emerged as a major stockbroking business. 1916 the firm acquired a major shareholding in City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd. Post 1918 both businesses were in financial difficulties and were fraudulently supported by Bevan until they collapsed in 1922. Bevan subsequently gaoled
Publications:
- Fortune's Spear. The story of a blue blooded rogue behind the most notorious City scandal of the 1920s by Vander Weyer, Martin
- Gerard Lee Bevan and the City Equitable Companies by Manley, P S
- Rogue Banking. A history of financial fraud in interwar Britain by Hollow, Matthew
- 'Silver spoon' in A Vallance, Very Private Enterprise. An anatomy of fraud and high finance by Vallance, Aylmer
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Ellis, Bevan & Co
- City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
- Financial services Stockbroking & jobbing services
Notes:
Gerard Lee Bevan, 1869-1936, from 1893 was a partner in the stockbrokers, Ellis & Co, later Ellis, Bevan & Co, and in 1912 he became senior partner. Under Bevan, the firm emerged as a major stockbroking business. 1916 the firm acquired a major shareholding in City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd. Post 1918 both businesses were in financial difficulties and were fraudulently supported by Bevan until they collapsed in 1922. Bevan subsequently gaoledPublications:
- Fortune's Spear. The story of a blue blooded rogue behind the most notorious City scandal of the 1920s by Vander Weyer, Martin
- Gerard Lee Bevan and the City Equitable Companies by Manley, P S
- Rogue Banking. A history of financial fraud in interwar Britain by Hollow, Matthew
- 'Silver spoon' in A Vallance, Very Private Enterprise. An anatomy of fraud and high finance by Vallance, Aylmer