ication of his family and friends' printed an account
of his travels in four volumes. When he was no longer able to travel on
the Continent in consequence of the French revolutionary war, Sir R.C.
Hoare made a tour through Wales, taking Giraldus Cambrensis as a guide,
and in 1806 he published a translation of the _Itinerarium Cambriae_ of
Giraldus in two handsome volumes. He also contributed sixty-three
drawings to Archdeacon Coxe's _Historical Tour in Monmouthshire_, which
appeared in 1801. In 1807 he paid a visit to Ireland, and printed a
short account of his excursion. In 1812 Hoare published in London the
first part of his great work, the _Ancient History of Wiltshire_, which
he completed in two volumes in 1821. This was followed by the _Modern
History of Wiltshire_ in fourteen parts, London, 1822-24, which was left
unfinished at the time of his death. Hoare was the author of many works
in addition to those already mentioned, some of which were intended only
for private circulation. A list of them will be found in the Catalogue
of the Hoare Library at Stourhead, compiled by John Bowyer Nichols in
1840. Hoare, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of
Antiquaries, died at Stourhead on the 19th of May 1838. His only son
predeceased him, and the baronetcy and estates devolved on his eldest
half-brother, Henry Hugh Hoare of Wavendon, Buckinghamshire.

Sir R.C. Hoare possessed a noble library at Stourhead. The foundation of
it no doubt was laid by his grandfather, Henry Hoare, whose bookplate
occurs on many of the volumes, but it was Sir R.C. Hoare who brought
together the magnificent collection of books on British topography,
which was probably the finest private one ever formed. The water-colour
drawings, the books of prints, and the engravings in the library were
remarkable for their beauty, and had been selected with great judgment
and taste. During his travels on the Continent between the years 1785
and 1791 Hoare acquired a large number of books relative to the history
and topography of Italy. Of these he printed in 1812 a separate
catalogue, the impression of which was limited to twelve copies. In 1825
he presented this collection to the British Museum, together with a copy
of the catalogue, upon the fly-leaf of which he has written:--'Anxious
to follow the liberal example of our gracious monarch George the Fourth,
of Sir George Beaumont, Bart., of Richd. Payne Knight, Esq. (tho' in a
very humble