Joseph Hoare (MP for Kingston upon Hull) explained

Joseph Hoare
Office:Member of Parliament
for Kingston upon Hull
Term Start:30 April 1859
Term End:12 August 1859
Alongside:James Clay
Predecessor:James Clay
Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Successor:James Clay
Joseph Somes
Birth Date:21 March 1814
Birth Place:Hampstead, London
Death Place:Hampstead, London
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative
Parents:Samuel Hoare
Louisa Gurney
Spouse:

Joseph Hoare (21 March 1814 – 21 January 1886) was a British Conservative Party politician and banker.[1]

Early life and family

Born in 1814 at Child's Hill House in Hampstead,[2] London, Hoare was the fourth son of Samuel Hoare and Louisa Gurney, daughter of John Gurney and Catherine Barclay.[3]

Hoare was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before becoming a Partner in Hoare's Bank in Lombard Street, London, the UK's oldest and world's fourth oldest bank, which was founded by his ancestor Richard Hoare.[3] He married Anne Amelia Buxton, daughter of Charles Buxton and Martha Henning, in 1836, but they had no children before her death in 1843.[4]

In 1847, he remarried to Rachel Juliana Barclay, daughter of former MP Charles Barclay and Anna Maria Kett.[5] [3]

Political career

He was elected MP for Kingston upon Hull in the 1859 general election but was unseated just under four months later, owing to corruption. In 1868 he stood for election at Manchesterbut failed to gain the seat.[6] [7]

Other activities

Hoare was at some point the Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex and president of the Hampstead Conservative Association.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Houghton. Walter Edwards. Slingerland. Jean Harris. Walter Houghton. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900, Volume 5. 1989. University of Toronto Press. 9780802026880. 367.
  2. Web site: Joseph Hoare. The Peerage. 20 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Pease. Charles E G. The Descendants of Willelmus Hoare. Kinloch. 37.
  4. Book: Baillie. Joanna. Joanna Baillie. McLean. Thomas. Further Letters of Joanna Baillie. 2010. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 9780838641491. 171.
  5. Web site: Joseph Hoare. Silk Weaves and Stay Makers. 20 February 2018.
  6. News: Election Committees. 20 February 2018. The Atlas. 13 August 1859. 4–5. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  7. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.