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09 Oct 1907-12 Oct 2001
KG, QC, PCEducated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford.
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fl.1885-1903
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1883-1948
Governor of the Regent Street Polytechnic (1923-1947)Deputy Chair of Bombay Chamber of Commerce
Knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to India
Married Lorna Beaman (1910)
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1873-15 Feb 1915
Third and youngest son of Rev. Walter Hoare, of Colkirk Rectory, Fakenham. Married Quintin Hogg's eldest daughter Elsie in 1901. They had 5 children.
Educated at Eton where he was in the XI and the "Field" and the winner of the School "Fives". Held a position with Messrs Hoare, bankers in Fleet Street. Served in the South African War as a trooper in the Suffolk Yeomanry, afterwards gaining a commission. Returned to England in 1901 with the Queen's Medal and four clasps.
Director of the North British and Mercantile Insurance and of the North London Railway.
Accepted a commission in the Rangers (12th London Regt.)
Governor of the Poly since 1898. Took a keen interest in the Polytechnic, especially the athletic section. He frequently assisted at race meetings and Club deliberations, serving as a member of the PCC Finance Committee. "He had a cheerful smile and word of encouragement for everybody." President of the Christian Endeavour Society.
Killed instantly whilst conducting some men through a communications trench. Three other Poly fellows killed in same shell attack: Sidney Walter Rush, Carl G. Carpenter, and C G Rawlings.