Major General Francis Richard Gurney Hoare CB CBE (14 December 1879 – 31 May 1959) was a South African military commander.

Born in Frognal, Hampstead, London, he was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

[2] He returned to active duty in 1939 and served as Director-General of Technical Services again from 1939 to 1940.

For the rest of World War II, he was involved in arms production and procurement.

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his World War I services.