Charles Hoare (cricketer, born 1847)
Charles Arthur Richard Hoare | |
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| Born | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age Blackfriars, England |
| Died | May 22, 1908 (aged 61) |
| Occupation(s) | Financier, amateur cricketer |
| Known for | Senior partner at C. Hoare & Co, founder of TS Mercury, amateur cricket for Kent County Cricket Club |
Charles Arthur Richard Hoare (18 May 1847 – 22 May 1908) was an English financier who rose to the position of senior partner at the private banking institution C. Hoare & Co. Additionally, he participated in amateur cricket and appeared in a single first-class cricket match representing Kent County Cricket Club.
Career
Born in Blackfriars in 1847, Hoare was the son of Peter Richard Hoare, the younger, and Lady Sophia Marsham, daughter of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney. Due to a physical disability causing lameness, he did not receive formal schooling. He was active in non-first-class cricket, playing for teams including the MCC, which he joined at 18 years old in 1865. His sole first-class cricket appearance occurred in 1872 when he played for Kent County Cricket Club against MCC.
Following the death of his father in 1877, Hoare assumed the role of Senior Partner at C. Hoare & Co and became proprietor of Kelsey Park located in Beckenham. He held the position of Master of the Vale of White Horse Hunt and served as President of Hampshire County Cricket Club for a three-year term. In the late 1870s, Hoare initiated a relationship with Beatrice Holme Sumner, who was then underage; this relationship became publicly known in 1885 when her family attempted legal proceedings against him, which were ultimately dismissed by the court.
In 1885, Hoare established TS Mercury at Binstead on the Isle of Wight, a philanthropic project dedicated to rescuing disadvantaged boys and preparing them for naval careers. After dedicating time to pursuits such as cricket and hunting, he was removed from his senior partnership at the bank in 1888. The TS Mercury facility relocated from Binstead to Hamble-le-Rice, near Southampton, in 1892 with Hoare acting as superintendent. Following Beatrice Holme-Sumner's marriage to cricketer C. B. Fry in June 1898, Hoare withdrew to Hall Place in West Meon, where he passed away in May 1908 at age 61 after enduring a prolonged illness.
Family
Hoare married Margaret Short in 1867; their union produced four sons and one daughter. He also fathered a son (Robin Hoare) and a daughter with Beatrice Holme Sumner.