Richard Granville Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel (12 September 1866 – 16 November 1931), known as Viscount Ennismore from 1866 to 1924, was an

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peer and

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officer. Lord Ennismore was the eldest son of

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel KP JP (29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924), styled Viscount Ennismore from 1837 to 1856, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Liberal politician. Background Listowel was the eldest son of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listo ...

and Lady Ernestine Brudenell-Bruce, daughter of the Marquess of Ailesbury. He was educated at

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and at

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. Commissioned as a

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into the

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in 1890, he later transferred to the 4th (

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) Battalion of the

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. Following the outbreak of the

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in late 1899, Lord Ennismore was seconded for active service with the

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, and on 3 February 1900 appointed a lieutenant of the 45th (Dublin) Company, attached to the 13th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. The company left for

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in the middle of March 1900. He was then subsequently on the Western Front for the Great War, where he was promoted to Major as a volunteer for the County of London regiment, before being transferred back to the Royal Munster Fusiliers. It was not until 5 June 1924 that he came into his inheritance as Viscount and Earl of Listowel, and Baron Hare of Convamore, as well as Baron Ennismore.

Personal life

He married

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Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, daughter of

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, by Ethel Strickland-Constable, and they had six children:The Peerage, entry for 4th Earl of Listowel
/ref> * William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (born 28 September 1906, died 12 March 1997) *

Gilbert Richard Hare (born 5 September 1907, died 14 September 1966) * John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham (born 22 January 1911, died 7 March 1982) * Lady Ethel Patricia Hare (born 29 October 1912, died 24 October 2005) * Lady Elizabeth Cecilia Hare (born 8 May 1914, died 1990)- Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden (son and heir to

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) until his death in 1945. Married Edward More O'Ferrall in 1947. *

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Hon Alan Victor Hare (born 14 March 1919, died 10 April 1995)

References

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