William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel KP JP (29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924), styled Viscount Ennismore from 1837 to 1856, was an

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politician.

Background

Listowel was the eldest son of

William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel (22 September 1801 – 4 February 1856), known as Viscount Ennismore from 1827 to 1837, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament (MP). Life Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismor ...

, and Maria Augusta, widow of George Wyndham of Cromer Hall, Norfolk, and second daughter of Vice-Admiral of William Windham (formerly Lukin of Felbrigge Hall). He was educated at Eton before gaining a commission as a lieutenant in the Scots Fusiliers Guards.

Military career

He served with his regiment during the Crimean War (1854-6). At the

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he was wounded on 30 September 1854, and was invalided out to England by ship.

Political career

In the 1855 general election he stood for the Liberal party in County Cork. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1856 but as this was an

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it did not entitle him to a seat in the

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. On 8 December 1869 he was created Baron Hare, of Convamore in the County of Cork, in the

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, which gave him the immediate right to sit in the House of Lords. In 1873 he was appointed to

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. Lord Listowel later served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) from May to September 1880, this was at the beginning of the second Liberal administration of

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, but was informed that the royal household was not an hereditary sinecure. However he was appointed to the largely ceremonial post of Vice-admiral of Munster.

Family

Lord Listowel married Lady Ernestine Mary, younger daughter of

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, in 1865. He died in June 1924, aged 91, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Richard. Two of his grandsons,

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, (28 September 1906 – 12 March 1997), styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Labour politician. He was the last Secretary of State for India as well as the last ...

, and

John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, OBE, PC, DL (22 January 1911 – 7 March 1982) was a British Conservative politician. Background and education Blakenham was the third son of The Rt. Hon. Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel, an Anglo ...

, both became government ministers. Lady Listowel died in 1936. *Richard Granville, 4th Earl of Listowel *Charles Ambrose (1875–1885) *Margaret Ernestine Augusta (d.1951) married Reginald Loder *Beatrice Mary (d.1960) married Hon Edward O'Brien (d.1943), youngest son of 14th Baron Inchiquin

References

Bibliography

* *Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', (106th edition, 1999), vol.1, p. 1735. *

External links

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