Background
Born the son of Sir Richard Hoare, founder of C. Hoare & Company bankers, Henry the Good became a Partner in the bank in August 1702.
Born the son of Sir Richard Hoare, founder of C. Hoare & Company bankers, Henry the Good became a Partner in the bank in August 1702.
Together with his father, he became a commissioner for the building of 50 new churches in London in 1711. Following his father"s death in 1719, he managed the bank through the South Sea Bubble of 1720 making a profit of over £28,000 from the crisis. He acquired the Stourhead estate in 1717 but died before the new house there had been fully completed.
Jane (d1762)
Henry Hoare II (1705-1785)
Sir Richard Hoare, Lord Mayor of London 1745-1746 (1709-1754).