:William Beaw

{{Short description|English bishop; (1616–1706)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

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William Beaw {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DD}} (1616-1706),[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-beaw-16161706-bishop-of-llandaff-and-bangor-131636 BBC Paintings] sometimes spelled Beau,{{cite book|last1=Chadwyck-Healey|first1=Charles Edward|title=The History of the Part of West Somerset|date=1901|publisher=Henry Sotheran and Company|location=London|page=96|edition=Ordinary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCYVAAAAQAAJ|access-date=1 May 2017}} was Bishop of Llandaff from 1679 until his death.'Barrowby-Benn', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 79-105. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117045 Date accessed: 1 October 2014.

Beaw was educated at New College, Oxford. During the English Civil War he was a Major of a regiment of horse for Charles I. He also served Sweden in their war with Poland. In 1661 he became Vicar of Adderbury, a post he held until his elevation to the episcopate.

Beaw had a daughter, Jane, who married John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Trerice. Her will was proved 14 Jul 1744.