Francis Haire Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin (c. 1811 – 24 June 1864) was a schoolmaster in the early days of Adelaide and the colony of South Australia.
In 1850 he opened his Albert House Academy on Victoria Square, whose course of Study pursued is such as to induce habits of reflection, application, and diligence; and at the same time elicit by a firm, but moderate discipline, (from which corporeal punishment is wholly excluded), the mental capacity of the Pupils.
A liberal Classical, and Mathematical education is afforded to all the classes, including English Literature, and the Composition of Original Essays, and Epistolary Correspondence ; but those more likely to be engaged in Mercantile pursuits, are carefully perfected in Arithmetic, Book-keeping in all its branches, and both plain and ornamental Penmanship.
[7] He was, with Bonwick, W. A. Cawthorne, Arthur E. Dodwell, Charles G. Feinaigle, P. Fox, James Macgowan, Nesbit, W. Pepper, Rider, Ross, and E. W. Wickes a founding member of the Schoolmasters' Association.
By the following December examination and prizegiving, his school had been renamed the Collegiate and Commercial Institution, Albert House, Angas Street,[13] but whether the change of address indicates a different location is not known.
[15] In January 1860 the school reopened in the old Angas Street rooms "near the Supreme Court-House, Victoria Square" and renamed Albert House Collegiate and Commercial Institute, with Rev.
Their children include: One Francis Haire died in Adelaide in 1849; he may have been a son by the earlier marriage, if so, his presence on Madawska was not documented; no more information has been found.