Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet

Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet (7 September 1841 – 20 January 1915), was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1906.

Family Hoare was the eldest son of John Gurney Hoare (1810–1875) and Caroline Barclay (d. 1878) and a grandson of the diarist Louisa Gurney. His great-grandfathers included the Quaker bankers John Gurney and Samuel Hoare.

In 1866, he married Katherine Louisa Hart Davis (1846–1931), with whom he had seven children, including his heir Samuel John Gurney Hoare and the translator Muriel Press.

Education and career Hoare was educated at Bayfield Preparatory School, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he played cricket in the University trials; he also played for Quidnuncs. He undertook two tours of the Mediterranean and Middle East between 1862 and 1865.

At the 1885 general election he unsuccessfully contested North Norfolk. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich at a by-election in April 1886, and retained the seat until he stood down at the 1906 general election.

Baronetcy In 1880, Hoare purchased Sidestrand Hall in Sidestrand, Norfolk, from the Spurrell family.

On 7 August 1899, the Hoare baronetcy, of Sidestrand Hall, was created for him. On his death in 1915, the title passed to his elder son, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, who held several Cabinet positions in the 1930s and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Templewood in 1944.