George Hoare

George Matthew Hoare (19 April 1779 – 28 July 1852, in Brighton) was an English brewer and amateur cricketer.

Brewery

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Hoare was the third son of the banker Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove, and his wife Lydia Henrietta Malortie. He was a partner in the Red Lion Brewhouse in East Smithfield, from 1802. His father had bought the business, and it later became Hoare and Co.[1][2][3]

The Hoare & Co. brewery existed until 1934, and for a number of generations was passed down in the Hoare family. Following a string of acquisitions after World War I, it was taken over by Charrington Brewery in 1933, and closed down the year after.[2][4] Charringtons adopted Hoare's toby jug trademark.[5] With its 1967 merger with Bass Brewery, the Bass red triangle trademark incorporated a toby jug profile.[6]

London pub with surviving Hoare and Co. publicity for stout

Cricket

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Hoare as a cricketer was mainly associated with Surrey and he made five known appearances in high-level matches from 1807 to 1812.[7]

Family

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Hoare married in 1810 Angelina Frances Greene, daughter of James Greene of Lancashire; they had nine children.[1] His sons Charles Hugh Hoare and Henry James Hoare, his grandson Charles Twysden Hoare, and a great-nephew Henry William Hoare, all played first-class cricket.

With his wife, Hoare was commemorated in a painted glass window at St Lawrence Church, Morden.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoare, Edward (1883). Some account of the early history and genealogy, with pedigrees from 1330, unbroken to the present time, of the families of Hore and Hoare. London : A.R. Smith. pp. 51 and 47.
  2. ^ a b Richmond, Lesley; Turton, Alison (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7190-3032-1.
  3. ^ Hoare, Henry Peregrine Rennie (1955). Hoare's Bank: A Record 1672-1955, the Story of a Private Bank. Collins. p. 45.
  4. ^ "A History of the County of Middlesex. Industries: Brewing, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  5. ^ Avis, Anthony (1997). The Brewing Industry 1950–1990: Reflective Essays 1950–1990. A. Avis. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-9523666-2-1.
  6. ^ Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette. 1969. p. 47.
  7. ^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
  8. ^ Morden, Eng (Surrey) Parish; Clayton, F. (1901). The registers of Morden, Surrey. 1634–1812. London, Priv. printed for the Parish Register Society. p. xv.

External sources

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