Charles Hoare (banker)

Charles Hoare (25 August 1767 – 16 November 1851) was Senior Partner of the banking firm C. Hoare & Co

Career

Born the son of Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Baronet and Frances Anne Ackland, Hoare became a Partner in the banking firm C. Hoare & Co in 1787.[1] In 1800 he commissioned John Nash to design Luscombe Castle for him as a rural retreat.[2] As Senior Partner, he also initiated the construction of a new banking hall for the bank in 1829.[3] He died at Dawlish in 1851 and, although the bank was not founded by Charles Hoare, it continues to bear his name.[4]

Family

In 1790 Hoare married Frances Dorothea Robinson (daughter of Sir George Robinson, 5th Baronet); they had no children.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hutchings, p. 88
  2. ↑ Hutchings, p. 118
  3. ↑ Hutchings, p. 116
  4. ↑ Hutchings, p. 126
  5. ↑ "Charles Hoare". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

Sources

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