Cabinet card by Debenham & Gould
William Hoare, junior (1842-1906), Mayor of Bournemouth (1898-1899).
Hoare was born on the family farm at Stapehill, the sixth of William and Jane's seven children. His father was attracted by the rapidly expanding Bournemouth and, by 1857, had bought some plots of land in Darracott Road, Pokesdown. The family moved to Victoria Lodge (later part of the tram depot next to Pokedown's New Bell Inn until 1861. Hoare then shared lodgings in Madeira Vale (now Stafford Road) with George Shears and Henry Harding. In 1868 he was joined by his brother, Fred, and Frank Walden, from Darracott Road, to establish "Hoare Bros & Walden" at the Victoria Works on the corner of Holdenhurst Road and Wellington Road (now Staples) which - over the next decade - became one of the most prolific of Bournemouth's building companies. They built the Red House, that is now Langtry Manor Hotel, for the Prince of Wales; East Cliff Hall, now the Russell-Cotes Museum; the National & Provincial Bank, 5 Old Christchurch Road; extended Christopher Crabb Creeke's house; and widened the stone bridge in the square in 1873. They also worked in partnership with architect, Parken, and the Belvedere Hotel, was an example of this co-operation. They opened offices in Commercial Road and the Triangle (Fred built Tiverton Terrace). Hoare moved to a large house called Hollywood, behind St James Square, which later became Boscombe Convent School and is now the College of Chiropractic from where he joined the committee that pressed for the railway station at Pokesdown. In the 1880s the brothers went off independently: Fred opened his own building works at 8 Wharf Road (Wharfdale Road) and lived at 10 Queen's Road. William Hoare, junior, moved to the Victoria Works site where he lived with his wife, and employed their two sons, Walter and Harry, and two further sons worked in London. Hoare was also a director of the Bournemouth & Boscombe District Laundry Company, became a councillor representing the Springbourne Ward. During his year as Mayor his wife, Matilda, died and their daughter, Mrs Ada Speed, took over her duties. Hoare re-opened the Square after it had been widened; laid the foundation stone for Boscombe Cottage Hospital, in June 1899; advocated temperance; was a deacon in the East Cliff Congregational Church and superintendent of the Sunday School; and was Treasurer of the growing Royal Boscombe and West Hants Hospital. The cortege at his funeral included the Mayor and Councillors in official robes, with 50 police constables, and he was buried at the Wimborne Road cemetery.
N.B. Hoare's the builders is not the same company as Hoare's the stonemasons, which was established by a different family of the same name.
Cabinet card by Debenham & Gould
William Hoare, junior (1842-1906), Mayor of Bournemouth (1898-1899).
Hoare was born on the family farm at Stapehill, the sixth of William and Jane's seven children. His father was attracted by the rapidly expanding Bournemouth and, by 1857, had bought some plots of land in Darracott Road, Pokesdown. The family moved to Victoria Lodge (later part of the tram depot next to Pokedown's New Bell Inn until 1861. Hoare then shared lodgings in Madeira Vale (now Stafford Road) with George Shears and Henry Harding. In 1868 he was joined by his brother, Fred, and Frank Walden, from Darracott Road, to establish "Hoare Bros & Walden" at the Victoria Works on the corner of Holdenhurst Road and Wellington Road (now Staples) which - over the next decade - became one of the most prolific of Bournemouth's building companies. They built the Red House, that is now Langtry Manor Hotel, for the Prince of Wales; East Cliff Hall, now the Russell-Cotes Museum; the National & Provincial Bank, 5 Old Christchurch Road; extended Christopher Crabb Creeke's house; and widened the stone bridge in the square in 1873. They also worked in partnership with architect, Parken, and the Belvedere Hotel, was an example of this co-operation. They opened offices in Commercial Road and the Triangle (Fred built Tiverton Terrace). Hoare moved to a large house called Hollywood, behind St James Square, which later became Boscombe Convent School and is now the College of Chiropractic from where he joined the committee that pressed for the railway station at Pokesdown. In the 1880s the brothers went off independently: Fred opened his own building works at 8 Wharf Road (Wharfdale Road) and lived at 10 Queen's Road. William Hoare, junior, moved to the Victoria Works site where he lived with his wife, and employed their two sons, Walter and Harry, and two further sons worked in London. Hoare was also a director of the Bournemouth & Boscombe District Laundry Company, became a councillor representing the Springbourne Ward. During his year as Mayor his wife, Matilda, died and their daughter, Mrs Ada Speed, took over her duties. Hoare re-opened the Square after it had been widened; laid the foundation stone for Boscombe Cottage Hospital, in June 1899; advocated temperance; was a deacon in the East Cliff Congregational Church and superintendent of the Sunday School; and was Treasurer of the growing Royal Boscombe and West Hants Hospital. The cortege at his funeral included the Mayor and Councillors in official robes, with 50 police constables, and he was buried at the Wimborne Road cemetery.
N.B. Hoare's the builders is not the same company as Hoare's the stonemasons, which was established by a different family of the same name.