Haydon Hare (1830-1917)

Born in Stamford but by late 1850s was in Scarborough as a gilder and picture framer. Every season from the 1870s he held an exhibition of nationally famous pictures at his gallery to which he made an admission charge of 6d. In 1872 he was listed as a carver and gilder at 15 St Nicholas Street. Towards the end of the century he held a Royal Warrant of Appointment as Art Purveyor to Queen Victoria. Nelson Ethelred Dawson (1860-1941) who became a well known painter and metalworker was Hare’s nephew and worked with him in Scarborough in the early 1880s. Dawson began his painting career with a studio in a sail loft over looking Scarborough Harbour at this time before moving to London. It was not until 1883 that Hare added photography to his business. Hare died into 1917 and is buried in Scarborough’s Dean Road Cemetery.

Hare was married twice. Firstly to Mary (1833-1869) with whom he had a son, Henry Thomas (1861-1921) and then to Emma (nee Dawson) (1837-1903) who had two children, Ethel (b. 1872) and Ernest (b.1874). Henry became a well known architect, and was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1917-1919). Haydon Hare and both his wives are buried in the same grave (F60) along with Elizabeth Dawson (1839-1922) his sister-in-law.