George Hoare
George Matthew Hoare | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date |
| Died | July 28, 1852 (aged 73) Brighton, England |
| Occupation(s) | Brewer, amateur cricketer |
George Matthew Hoare (born 19 April 1779 – died 28 July 1852 in Brighton) was an English brewer and an amateur player of cricket.
Brewery
As the third son of Henry Hoare, a banker from Mitcham Grove, and Lydia Henrietta Malortie, George Hoare joined the Red Lion Brewhouse partnership located in East Smithfield starting in 1802. This enterprise had been acquired by his father and eventually evolved into the firm known as Hoare and Co.
The Hoare & Co. brewery stayed under family control for multiple generations until the period following World War I, after which it experienced a series of ownership changes. In 1933, Charrington Brewery took over the company, which subsequently ceased operations in 1934. Charrington continued to use Hoare’s iconic toby jug emblem, a symbol later integrated into the Bass red triangle logo after their merger in 1967.
Cricket
Hoare’s cricket career was mainly associated with Surrey, where he is recorded to have participated in five top-level matches between 1807 and 1812.
Family
In 1810, George Hoare wed Angelina Frances Greene from Lancashire, and together they had nine children. Several members of his family continued his cricketing legacy: his sons Charles Hugh Hoare and Henry James Hoare, his grandson Charles Twysden Hoare, as well as his great-nephew Henry William Hoare all competed at the first-class level.
A painted glass window honoring George Hoare and his wife is installed at St Lawrence Church in Morden.