Bevan, Gerard L

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  • 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 gaoled

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