There have been four baronetcies created for people with the surname Hoare, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The second holder of the third creation was raised to the peerage as Viscount Templewood in 1944.
The Hoare baronetcy, of Annabella in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 10 December 1784 for Joseph Hoare. He represented Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons for many years and voted against the Act of Union in 1800 at the age of over 90. The second baronet sat as a member of the Irish Parliament for Carlow.
The Hoare baronetcy, of Barn Elms in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 June 1786 for Richard Hoare. He was the son of Sir Richard Hoare, Lord Mayor of London in 1745, and the great-grandson of Sir Richard Hoare, Lord Mayor of London in 1712 and the founder of the banking firm of C. Hoare &Co. The fifth baronet sat as a Liberal member of parliament for Windsor and Chelsea. The family seat was Stourhead in Wiltshire until 1946, and is now Luscombe Castle, Dawlish, Devon, England.
The Hoare baronetcy, of Sidestrand Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 August 1899. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Templewood.
The Hoare baronetcy, of Fleet Street in the City of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 December 1962 for Frederick Alfred Hoare. The title became extinct on his death in 1986.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Simon Merrick Hoare (born 1967).
