Edward Brodie Hoare was a British banker and Conservative Party politician.
Occupation
politician, banker
Position held
member of the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
October 30, 1841
Died
August 12, 1911
Overview
Edward Brodie Hoare (30 October 1841 – 12 August 1911) was a British banker and Conservative Party politician.
Born in Richmond, Surrey, he was the eldest son of the Reverend Edward Hoare, Honorary Canon of Canterbury and vicar of Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, and his wife Maria, daughter of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Baronet. Educated at Tonbridge School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated with a BA degree in 1864 and MA in 1868.
He married Katharine Parry, daughter of Rear Admiral Sir William Edward Parry in 1868.
He pursued a long career in banking, initially as a partner in the family firm of Barnett, Hoare and Company. He was subsequently a director of Lloyds Bank, chairman of the Colonial Bank, and a director of the Standard Bank of South Africa.
