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Hoare
Hoare is an English surname derived from Middle English '' hor(e)'' meaning grey- or white-haired. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Alfred Hoare, known as Bert Hoare Albert Alfred Hoare (22 November 1874 – 25 January 1962) was a South Australian politician. Born in Alberton, South Australia, he was educated at Port Adelaide and Mount Barker state schools. He worked as a farm labourer at Boolcunda East, n ... (1874–1962), South Australian politician * Des Hoare (born 1934), Australian cricketer * Desmond Hoare (Royal Navy officer) (1910–1988), British sailor and educator * Edward Hoare (other), several people * Elizabeth Hoare (1915–2001), English church furnisher and actress * Henry Hoare (banker) (1677–1725), English banker and land-owner * Henry Hoare (1705–1785), English banker and garden owner-designer * James Hoare (born 1943), British academic and historian * Joe Hoare (1881–1947), English footballer * John Gurney Hoare (1810–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 December 1758 – 19 May 1838) was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveller of the 18th and 19th centuries, the first major figure in the detailed study of the history of his home county of Wiltshire. Career and personal life Hoare was born in Barnes, Surrey, and was descended from Sir Richard Hoare, Lord Mayor of London, the founder of the family banking business, Hoare's Bank. His parents were Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Baronet (1735–1787) and Anne Hoare (1737–1759). He was educated at preparatory school at Mr. Devis's school, Wandsworth, and afterwards at Samuel Glasse's school at Greenford, and was taught the Classics by the Rev. Joseph Eyre. In 1783 Hoare married Hester, daughter of William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton. In 1785 he inherited the large Stourhead estate in Wiltshire from his grandfather, Henry Hoare II, which enabled him to pursue his interests including the archaeological studies for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Name
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew (Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek (Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Hoare
Kelly Joy Hoare (; born 1 July 1963) is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007, representing the New South Wales seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She succeeded her father Bob Brown in federal parliament. Early life Hoare was born on 1 July 1963 in Deniliquin, New South Wales. She is one of two children born to Elizabeth Joy () and Robert James Brown. Her father, a school principal, was elected to state parliament in 1978 and to federal parliament in 1980, becoming a federal government minister. She is also a distant descendant of Henry Turner, one of the founders of the ALP. Hoare completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canberra. She was a public servant before entering politics, working as an auditor in the Department of Defence and later in the employment department where she was responsible for unemployed people with special needs. She then worked as an electorate officer for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamus Hoare
Seamus Hoare (died 16 May 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as goalkeeper for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. He represented Donegal for 14 years in the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Ulster, winning four Railway Cups. Career Hoare attended St Eunan's College. He was the first of three footballers from the twentieth century to have played for the Donegal county football team while still attending the College; the others being Martin Carney and Paul McGettigan. He played for Donegal for 14 years, making 25 championship appearances in that time; his championship debut came against Down in 1955 and he played his last game for his county against Cavan in 1969. He missed one championship match during his time — in 1961, Packie Boyle played instead of him against Derry. Hoare also played in the 1964–65 National Football League semi-final against Kerry. He played in his first Ulster Senior Football Championship final in 1963. Hoare won four Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarajane Hoare
Sarajane Hoare is a British fashion journalist, director, and stylist who, since the 1980s has worked for British ''Vogue'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''Harper's Bazaar''. She has been instrumental in developing the career of photographer Herb Ritts, shoe designer Tamara Mellon, and journalist Kate Phelan. Early life and education Hoare is British by birth. She studied at the Chelsea College of Arts, London. Career Hoare has worked as a fashion director for '' The Observer'', British ''Vogue'', and ''Glamour''; and as an editor-at-large for ''Harper's Bazaar'' and contributing editor to '' Vanity Fair''. In 2010 she was invited to join Town & Country as a guest fashion director for the 2011 Spring issue. '' Vogue'' has described her as a "safari enthusiast", [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, (24 February 1880 – 7 May 1959), more commonly known as Sir Samuel Hoare, was a senior British Conservative politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s. Hoare was Secretary of State for Air during most of the 1920s. As Secretary of State for India in the early 1930s, he authored the Government of India Act 1935, which granted self-government at a provincial level to India. He was most famous for serving as Foreign Secretary in 1935, when he authored the Hoare–Laval Pact with French Prime Minister Pierre Laval. This partially recognised the Italian conquest of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) and Hoare was forced to resign by the ensuing public outcry. In 1936 he returned to the Cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty, then served as Home Secretary from 1937 to 1939 and was again briefly Secretary of State for Air in 1940. He was seen as a leading " appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet (7 September 1841 – 20 January 1915), was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1906. Family Hoare was the eldest son of John Gurney Hoare (1810-1875) and Caroline Barclay (d. 1878) and a grandson of the diarist Louisa Gurney. His great-grandfathers included the Quaker bankers John Gurney and Samuel Hoare. In 1866 he married Katherine Louisa Hart Davis (1846-1931), with whom he had seven children. Education and career Hoare was educated at Bayfield Preparatory School, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he played cricket in the University trials; he also played for Quidnuncs. He undertook two tours of the Mediterranean and Middle East between 1862 and 1865. At the 1885 general election he unsuccessfully contested North Norfolk. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich at a by-election in April 1886, and retained the seat until he stood down at the 1906 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hoare (banker)
Sir Richard Hoare (1648 – 6 January 1719)Victoria Hutchings"Hoare, Sir Richard (1648–1719)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 12 November 2014. was the founder of C. Hoare & Co, the oldest extant bank in the United Kingdom. Business career Raised near Smithfield Market in London, Richard Hoare began his working life apprenticed to the goldsmith Richard MooreHutchings, V. (2000), p. 10. from 9 June 1665 for seven years. He was granted the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths on 5 July 1672. This date marks the foundation of C. Hoare & Co as a goldsmith's business at the sign of the Golden Bottle in Cheapside, London. Political career Hoare, a Tory, stood for election as Sheriff of London in June 1702 but was unsuccessful. He was knighted by Queen Anne in October 1702. He attained the office of alderman in September 1703. At the election of May 1705, he first stood for the constituency of London, but could only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Hoare (younger)
Prince Hoare (1755 – 22 December 1834) was an English painter, dramatist and librettist. "Prince" is a given name, not a royal title. Life Hoare was born in Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ..., the son of painter William Hoare and his wife. He was named 'Prince' after his father's brother, a sculptor. He studied art from an early age, and became well known as a painter of portraits and historical scenes. His sister Mary Hoare was also a noted painter. Later in his life, Hoare wrote 20 plays. He also compiled the Memoirs of Granville Sharp' (1820), based on the British abolitionist's manuscripts, family documents and material from the African Institution, London.Hoare, Prince. ''Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq., Composed from his own Manuscripts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Hoare (elder)
Prince Hoare (ca. 1711 – 5 November 1769) was an English sculptor. "Prince" in this instance was a given name, not a royal title. Life Possibly born near Eye, Suffolk, brother of William Hoare RA, he trained under Peter Scheemakers in London. He subsequently settled in Bath with his brother but spent much of the 1740s in Italy. He returned to Bath in 1749 and remained active as a sculptor. On 26 May 1751 he married Mary Coulthurst (1716–1751) daughter of the clothier Henry Coulthurst of Melksham with a dowry of £6,000. Despite his new found wealth he continued as a sculptor. He died in Bath on 8 November 1769.Newby (2006) Family In May 1751 he married Miss Mary Colthurst of the Colthurst baronets of Melksham and received a dowry of £6000 (the equivalent of £1 million in 2020).Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.204 Works *Monument to Jacob Selfe at Melksham (1730) *Memorial to Bishop Isaac Maddox in Worcester Cathedral (1743) *Monum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hoare (other)
Peter Hore (or Hoare) is an Australian prankster. Peter Hoare or Hore may also refer to: * Peter Hoare (tenor), British singer * Peter Hore (historian) Peter G Hore FRHistS (born 1944) naval officer, historian and obituarist, served a full career in the Royal Navy (1962-2000), spent ten years working in the cinema and television industry (2000-2009) and is a successful biographer and obituarist. O ... (born 1944), British historian * Peter Hore (chemist), British chemist and academic * Peter Merrick Hoare (1843–1894), English politician * Two of the Hoare baronets: ** Sir Peter William Hoare, 7th Baronet (1898–1973) ** Sir Peter Richard David Hoare, 8th Baronet (1932–2004) {{hndis, Hoare, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hoare
Mary Hoare (1744–1820) was an English painter. She was William Hoare's daughter and Prince Hoare's sister. The latter had a strong influence on her. Life and career There is little known about Mary Hoare's life. In 1765 she married Henry Hoare (1744–1785). Between 1761 and 1764 she displayed works at the Society of Artists of Great Britain and at the Free Society of Artists. Works by Hoare Most of her known works deal with scenes of Shakespearean plays and can be located at the Yale Center of British Art Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the worl .... Further reading * Hammerschmidt-Hummel, Hildegard, ed. Die Shakespeare-Illustration (1594-2000): Bildkünstlerische Darstellungen zu den Dramen William Shakespeares: Katalog, Geschichte, Funktion und Deutung. Vol. 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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