George Hoare

Full name: George Matthew Hoare

Born: 19th April 1779, England

Died: 28th July 1852, Brighton, Sussex, England

Relations: Grandson: CT Hoare; Great-nephew: HW Hoare; Son: CH Hoare; Son: HJ Hoare

Teams: Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1807); Surrey (Main FC: 1810); All teams

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Hoare's Bank

One of these successful goldsmiths was Richard Hoare, proprietor at the Golden Bottle founded in 1673 at Cheapside. In 1690 he moved the business to new premises in Fleet Street, still within the City of London. He continued trading at the sign of the Golden Bottle (a gilded leather bottle that hung outside the shop). His son Henry improved the family fortune and purchased an estate with proceeds from sale of South Sea Company stock. He replaced the manor and collected paintings. The resulting banking concern, Hoare and Company still exists in London. One of the earliest check in existence, as follows, was written on this bank on July 11th, 1676.

As a result of their success, the Hoare family became very influential, purchased and built a large estate and joined the landed gentry. The third generation, Henry Hoare II improved the Stourhead estate with a luxuriant, Grecian, grand garden around a created lake as well as adding to the house.