 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bethell akaberekerwa muKingston-upon-Hull, mwanakomana waWilliam Froggatt Bethell. Akabatana neRoyal Navy uye akashanda muhondo yeEgipita. Muna 1881 akanga ari mudzidzi wetuteni paRoyal Naval College, Greenwich. Akasvika pachinzvimbo cheMukuru uye musarudzo huru ya1885 akasarudzwa seMutevedzeri weParamende MP weHolderness. Muna June 1899 akabvumirwa kutora chinzvimbo chaKaputeni. Akatadza kuwirirana nevagari vake pamusana pokushora kwaaiita hurumende yeSouth Africa, uye Holderness Conservative Association munaFebruary 1900 yakavhota kuti akanga arasikirwa nechivimbo chebato rakamudzosera musarudzo yekupedzisira, uye kuti hazvibviri kumupa rutsigiro rwavo mune ramangwana. Haana kumira nokuda kwesarudzo huru yakaitwa muna October gore iroro. Musi wa 28 Chikumi 1919, akagadzwa mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri weEast Riding yeYorkshire, asi akafa mukupera kwegore. 