Richard Hoare
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Sir Richard Hoare (1648–6 January 1719)[1] was the founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the United Kingdom's oldest private banks.
Career
Raised near Smithfield Market in London,[2] Richard Hoare began his working life apprenticed to the goldsmith Richard Moore[3] from 9 June 1665 for seven years.[1] 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.[3]
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.[4]
He married Susanna Austen; they had 17 children (one of whom was Henry Hoare I).[5] Richard Hoare died at Hendon on 6 January 1719.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Victoria Hutchings, "Hoare, Sir Richard (1648–1719)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 12 November 2014.
- ↑ Hutchings, V. (2000), p. 8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hutchings, V. (2000), p. 10.
- ↑ Hutchings, V. (2000), p. 29.
- ↑ Hutchings, V. (2000), p. 230.
- ↑ Hutchings, V. (2000), p. 30.
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