Henry William Hoare

Henry William Hoare (1 April 1844 – 7 September 1931) was an English scholar and sportman. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and other amateur teams in the 1860s.

Life He was born at Three Bridges, Sussex, England and died at Pimlico, London. He was the son of the cleric William Henry Hoare, of Oakfield, Crawley, Sussex, and his wife Araminta Anne Hamilton (died 1888), daughter of Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook.

Hoare was educated at Eton College. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1862, graduating B.A. in 1866. He was then a classical lecturer at Worcester College, and entered the Inner Temple in 1876.

Besides cricket he was also an athlete, winning hurdles races in the Balliol sports, and later he was a fencer, golfer and angler. In 1870 he joined the then Education Department of the British government, becoming chief clerk in 1893 and assistant secretary of the Board of Education 1900–04.