John Bethell (inventor)

John Bethell
Born Bristol Edit this on Wikidata
Died 22 February 1867 Edit this on Wikidata
Cleveland Square Edit this on Wikidata
Occupation Inventor Edit this on Wikidata
Family Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury Edit this on Wikidata

John Bethell (c. 1804–1867) was a British solicitor and inventor. In 1838, he patented the 'Bethell process' for preserving timber using creosote. That same year he was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was the younger brother of Richard, the Lord Chancellor Lord Westbury and like his brother a son-in-law of the architect Robert Abraham, having married Abraham's daughter Louisa Sarah on 28 February 1833.