Richard Hoare

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Sir Richard Hoare.

Sir Richard Hoare (1648–1719) was the founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the United Kingdom's oldest private banks.

Career

Raised near Smithfield Market in London,[1] Richard Hoare began his working life apprenticed to a goldsmith.[2] He was granted the Freedom of the Goldsmiths' Company on 5 July 1672.[3] This date marks the foundation of C. Hoare & Co as a goldsmith's business at the sign of the Golden Bottle in Cheapside, London.[4]

He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1702, appointed Sheriff of London in 1710 and elected Lord Mayor of London for the year of 1712.[5]

He married Susanna Austen; they had 17 children (one of whom was Henry Hoare I).[6] He died at Hendon in January 1719.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 8
  2. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 10
  3. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 10
  4. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 10
  5. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 29
  6. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 230
  7. ↑ Hutchings, V. p 30

Further reading

  • Hoare, Henry Peregrine Rennie (1955) [1932]. Hoare's Bank: A Record 1672–1955. 
  • Hutchings, Victoria (2005). Messrs Hoare, Bankers: A History of the Hoare Banking Dynasty. London: Constable. ISBN 1841199656. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Beachcroft		 Lord Mayor of London
1712 		Succeeded by
Samuel Stanier
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