Sir Henry Hugh Hoare, 3rd Baronet (1762–1841) was an English banker, a partner in

Hoare's Bank C. Hoare & Co., also known as Hoares, is a British private bank, founded in 1672 by Richard Hoare (banker), Sir Richard Hoare; it is a twelfth generation family business and is owned by eight of Sir Richard's direct descendants. It is the oldest ...

, with a particular interest in the affairs of the

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Life

He was the son of Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Baronet and his second wife, Frances Ann Acland.

Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet (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 count ...

(1758–1838) was his elder half-brother. He was born at

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. According to his obituary in the ''

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'', he was known as Hugh. Charles Hoare was his younger brother. His sister Henrietta Anne married

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (29 March 1787 – 22 July 1871) was a British politician and baronet. Background Born in London, he was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet and his wife, Henrietta Anne Hoare, daughter ...

. Hoare was elected

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in 1784. He became a partner in the family bank in 1785.Dudley Dodd and Lucy Wood, ''The "Weeping Women" Commode and other orphaned furniture at Stourhead by the Chippendales, Senior and Junior'', Furniture History Vol. 47 (2011), pp. 47–124, at pp. 51–52. Published by: The Furniture History Society Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove (1750–1828) became the head of the firm c.1788. On the death in 1787 of his father, Hoare had inherited the family house at Barn Elms, but he did not reside much there. It was sold in 1827, to the company constructing the

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. In 1789 Hoare purchased a London house on

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. His friend George Elphinstone Keith was married in 1808 from this house, to

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. In 1797 Hoare bought an estate at

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. The mansion house there had been in the Selby family for several generations, but had changed hands, and Hoare bought it from Lord Charles FitzRoy. He added further property. An improving farmer, Hoare was noted for his drainage and the use of the Scotch plough. When Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove died in 1828, Hugh Hoare succeeded him as senior partner of Hoare's Bank. New premises on

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, designed by Charles Parker, were opened in 1829, the work having been under the oversight of Henry's brother Charles. On the death of the second baronet Richard in 1838, Hoare inherited the title, and the family estate at

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. He brought in the architect Charles Parker who had worked on the bank and added a

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to Stourhead House that had formed part of the original design. Hoare died at Wavendon, in 1841.

Anglican interests

Hoare acted as treasurer to the

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. The church in

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, over the road from the bank, was rebuilt in the 1830s, and Hugh Hoare chaired the building committee. The Hoare brothers gave the new altar window, designed by

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. In 1837 Hoare was a member of a committee of the Additional Curates' Society, chaired by

Joshua Watson Joshua Watson (1771–1855) was an English wine merchant, philanthropist, a prominent member of the high church party and of several charitable organisations, who became known as "the best layman in England". Life Joshua Watson was born on Tow ...

Family

Hoare married in 1784 Maria Palmer Acland, daughter of Arthur Acland and his cousin, who survived him. They had 16 children. The eldest son Hugh having died young, Hoare's heir and the 4th baronet was Hugh Richard Hoare, born 1787. He married Anne Tyrwhitt-Drake, daughter of

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. Other surviving children were: * Henry Charles Hoare (born 1790), married in 1821 Anne Penelope, fourth daughter of George Ainslie, a widow.

Sir Henry Hoare, 5th Baronet Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, 5th baronet Deputy Lieutenant, DL (14 April 1824 – 7 July 1894) was an English banker and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1866 and ...

was their son. * Richard Hoare (born 1793), naval officer, who married Matilda Fahie, daughter of

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. * Henry Arthur Hoare (born 1804), an officer of the

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. He married Julia Lucy Lane (died 1916).

Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Baronet Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Baronet (19 November 1865 – 25 March 1947) was an English landowner, best known for his restoration of the country house at Stourhead in Wiltshire, following a fire in April 1902. Prior to his death he dona ...

was their son. * Henrietta Maria (born 1791). * Julia (born 1800), married in 1827 John Hesketh Lethbridge, son of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, 2nd Baronet. * Frances Ann (born 1801).

Notes

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