Richard Hoare
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Sir Richard Hoare (1648–1719) was the founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the United Kingdom's oldest private banks.
[edit] 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 it was around then that Hoare established his 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 for 1710, and elected Lord Mayor of London for 1712.[5]
He married Susanna Austen; they had 17 children (one of which was Henry Hoare I).[6] He died at Hendon in January 1719.[7]
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Henry Peregrine Rennie Hoare, Hoare's Bank: A Record 1672-1955 (1932, new edition 1955)
- Victoria Hutchings, Messrs Hoare, Bankers: A History of the Hoare Banking Dynasty (2005)
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Lord Mayor of London 1712 |
Succeeded by Samuel Stanier |
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