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Authorised form of nameHoare; Sir; Richard Colt (1758 - 1838)
Dates1758 - 1838
Date of birth09 December 1758
Place of deathStourhead, Wiltshire
Date of death19 May 1838
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
A mausoleum in Stourton churchyard, Wiltshire
ActivityCareer:
Entered the Banking House, 37 Fleet Street, London (at an early age), but left when the Stourhead property was entrusted to him by his maternal grandfather; devoted himself to travel, antiquarian research and topography (after the death of his wife)
Memberships:
FLS; FAS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election26/04/1792
RelationshipsGrandson of Sir Richard Hoare, (FRS 1752); brother of Sir Henry Hugh Hoare (FRS 1784); elder brother of Charles Hoare (FRS 1809)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 p 93
CodeNA3261
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1792/02Hoare, Sir Richard Colt: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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