Aneurin Bevan M.P. (1897 - 1960)

Born 15 Nov 1897 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Janet (Lee) Bevan — married 24 Oct 1934 in London, England

Died 6 Jul 1960 at age 62 in Asheridge Farm, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Aneurin Bevan was born on the 15th of November 1897 in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales. His parents were David Bevan and Phoebe (Prothero) Bevan.^[1]

In 1911, at 13 years old he was a Coal Miner Hewer living with his parents and 6 siblings at Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales.^[2]

Nye Bevan became a Labour Party politician. As a former coal miner, Nye Bevan was a champion of social justice.

He married fellow MP Jennie Lee in 1934.^[3][4]

The post-WW2 British Labour Party, acting on ideas in the 1942 cross-party report of Sir William Beveridge ( which among other things, called for a free national health service ) established the provision of free medical care for British citizens, regardless of their wealth. ^[5]The National Health Service Act of 1946 stated that it shall be the duty of the Minister of Health to promote the establishment of a health service to secure improvement in the physical and mental health of the people and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.The Act stated that the services should be free of charge.^[6]
The new National Health Service's Minister of Health was Aneurin Bevan MP.

He died from stomach cancer, at home at Asheridge, on the 6th of July 1960 . His ashes were scattered on the hills above Tredegar. The Bevan Memorial Stones mark the spot, and were unveiled by Michael Foot in 1972.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO births index: BEVAN, ANEURIN : mother's maiden surname: PROTHEROE  : GRO Reference: 1897 December Quarter in BEDWELLTY Volume 11A Page 127
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7PQ-6XM : 22 September 2023), Aneurin Bevan in household of David Bevan, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ FreeBMD Marriages Dec 1934  : Bevan, Aneurin : Lee, Jeanie : Holborn: Vol.1b Page:1082
4. ↑ "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV8C-5FZZ : accessed 07 Nov 2014), Aneurin Bevan and null, 1934.
5. ↑ Paliament UK 1942 Beveridge Report
6. ↑ UK Parliament site 1946 National Health Service Act
7. ↑ About Nye by the Aneurin Bevan Society

• Aneurin bevan at Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Dictionary of Welsh Biography: Bevan, Aneurin; by Dr John Graham Jones, 2001).

• Aneurin Bevan at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription Required).