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Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 December 1758, in Barnes, Surrey – 19 May 1838, in Stourhead, Wiltshire)〔[http://www.regencyhistory.net/2014/05/sir-richard-colt-hoare-2nd-baronet-1758.html www.regencyhistory.net〕 was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveller of the 18th and 19th centuries, the first major figure in the detailed study of the history of his home county of Wiltshire. ==Career== Hoare was descended from Sir Richard Hoare, Lord Mayor of London, the founder of the family banking business, C. Hoare & Co. His parents were Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Bt. (b. 7 March 1734/35, d. 11 October 1787) and Anne Hoare (1737-1759). He was educated at Preparatory school at Wandsworth, Seminary school at Greenford, and taught the Classics by the Rev.d Joseph Eyre. In 1785 he inherited the large Stourhead estate from his grandfather, Henry Hoare II,〔Hutchings, V. p 84〕 which enabled him to pursue his interests including the archaeological studies for which he had already shown an inclination. In 1783 he had married Hester, daughter of William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton.〔(Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Bt. at thepeerage.com )〕 After her death in 1785, following the birth of their second child, who also died, he toured France, Italy and Switzerland.〔Sir Richard Colt Hoare, ''(Recollections Abroad, During the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 )'' (Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1815), text online〕 In 1786 he purchased Glastonbury Tor and funded the restoration of the church tower on it. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1787, and in 1788 made a second continental tour,〔Hutchings, V. p 85〕 the record of his travels appearing in 1815 and 1819 under the titles ''Recollections Abroad'' and ''A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily''.〔Sir Richard Colt Hoare, ''(Recollectionds Abroad, During the Years 1790: Sicily and Malta )'' (Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1817), text online〕 He took numerous views during his travels in the form of sketches from which he later produced mainly sepia wash drawings, along with a smaller number of watercolours. His tutor, John 'Warwick' Smith, and the painter Francis Nicholson were also commissioned to produce coloured reductions from some of his continental sketches. Bound in volumes, many of these were dispersed in the Stourhead sales of the 1880s. A journey through Wales was followed by a translation of the ''Itinerarium Cambriae'' and of the ''Descriptio Cambriae'' of Gerald of Wales, with Hoare adding notes and a life of Gerald to his translation. This work was first published in 1804, and was subsequently revised by Thomas Wright (1810–1877) in 1863. Hoare's further ''Tour in Ireland'' was published in 1807.〔Sir Richard Colt Hoare, ''(Journal of a Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806 )'' (London: William Miller, 1807), text online〕 Hoare was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1792 and was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1805. He died at Stourhead, Wiltshire, in 1838. His mausoleum is at St Peter's Church, Stourton, Wiltshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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