Lady Frances Hoare

This pair of portraits by John Opie of Sir Richard and Lady Hoare was bequeathed to RAMM in 1993 by Pamela Mary Thompson. Sir Richard was first married to his cousin, Anne Hoare (1737–1759), known as Nanny, daughter of Henry Hoare (1705-1785), banker, of Stourhead, and his wife, Susan Colt (d. 1743) (7). Richard and Anne had two children –Henry Richard, who died young, and Richard Colt (1758-1838). She died six months after his birth. In May 1761 Richard married again, this time to Frances Ann Acland (1736–1800), daughter of Richard and Ann Acland of Beckenham in Kent (in turn related to the Devon Aclands), and with whom he had four sons and two daughters.