Joseph Hoare

Joseph Hoare (1709 – 1802) was a clergyman and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1768 to 1802.

The son of Joseph Hoare, from Cardiff, Hoare studied at Jesus College from 1727 (when he was 18), obtaining his BA in 1730 and his MA in 1733.cite web| url=http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders/ALUMNOX.html | title= Oxford University Alumni with Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Connections (based on Foster's "Alumni Oxoniensis") | first=Robert |last=Sanders| publisher= Cardiff & Glamorgan Family History Research (UK Site) | accessdate=2007-08-17] He was a Prebendary of Westminster Abbey.cite book| title=Jesus College 1571-1971 | first=J. N. L. | last=Baker |authorlink= J. N. L. Baker | date=1971 | publisher=Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford |isbn=ISBN 0950216402] He was appointed Principal in 1768.cite book | title=The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III - The University of Oxford | publisher=The University of London Institute of Historical Research| date=1954| last=Baker |first= J. N. L. |authorlink=J. N. L. Baker |pages=278 ] During his time as Principal, he donated £200 towards restoration of the college's Old Quadrangle. [Baker, "Victoria County History", p.275] In 1798, he also subscribed £100 for the "prosecution of the [Napoleonic Wars| [Napoleonic] war] " and £21 for muskets and necessaries for the University corps. [Baker, "Victoria County History", p.267] He held the post of Principal for the third-longest time in the college's history. He died in 1802 after having been scratched by his cat.cite journal| journal=The Jesus College Record| title=And Finally...| date=2004| last=North |first=Sir Peter |authorlink=Peter North (academic)| pages=13] He bequeathed hundreds of volumes of books to the college library.

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