William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Listowel
GCMG PC
Secretary of State for India and Burma
In office
17 April 1947  14 August 1947
Monarch George VI
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
Preceded by The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Succeeded by Office abolished
Secretary of State for Burma
In office
14 August 1947  4 January 1948
Monarch George VI
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
Preceded by New office
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born (1906-09-28)28 September 1906
Died 12 March 1997(1997-03-12) (aged 90)
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) (1) Judith de Marffy-Mantuana
(2) Stephanie Wise
(3) Pamela Day
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Magdalene College, Cambridge
King's College London (PhD)

William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG PC (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 Governor-General of Ghana.

Background and education

Lord Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel, and Freda, daughter of Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, a Conservative Cabinet minister, was his younger brother.[1] He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Magdalene College, Cambridge and King's College London (PhD, 1932).

Political career

Listowel served as a Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps. He entered the House of Lords on the death of his father in November 1931, by right of the United Kingdom peerage of Baron Hare, and made his maiden speech in March of the following year.[2] He was a Labour Party whip in House of Lords from 1941 to 1944 and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma from 1944-45.

When Labour came to power in 1945 under Clement Attlee, Listowel was appointed Postmaster-General, a post he held until April 1947, and was briefly Minister of Information between February and March 1946, when the office was abolished. In April 1947 he entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for India and Burma. After India gained independence in August 1947, his cabinet title became Secretary of State for Burma, working from the Burma Office, but in January 1948 this too was abolished, when Burma also gained independence, and Listowel then left the cabinet. He continued to serve under Attlee as Minister of State for Colonial Affairs from 1948-50 and as Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1950-51. In 1957 he was appointed Governor-General of Ghana, a post he held until 1960, when Ghana became a Republic. He was later Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords between 1965 and 1976. He remained an active member of the House of Lords, speaking for the last time in July 1995, aged 88.[2]

Apart from his career in national politics, Lord Listowel was a member of the London County Council for East Lewisham between 1937 and 1946,and for Battersea North between 1952 and 1957. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1946[3] and a GCMG in 1957.[4]

Family

Lord Listowel was thrice married:

Death

Lord Listowel died in March 1997, aged 90, and was succeeded by his elder son from his third marriage, Francis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "hansard.millbanksystem.com Mr William Hare". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 37598. p. 2755. 13 June 1946.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 41203. p. 6003. 15 October 1957.
  5. "Countess says 'mega basements' are tearing neighbourhood apart". Daily Telegraph.

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Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Munster
Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma
19441945
Succeeded by
The Earl of Scarbrough
Preceded by
Harry Crookshank
Postmaster-General
19451947
Succeeded by
Wilfred Paling
Preceded by
Edward Williams
Minister of Information
1946
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Secretary of State for India and Burma
AprilAugust 1947
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
New office
Secretary of State for Burma
August 1947January 1948
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
New office
Minister of State for Colonial Affairs
19481950
Succeeded by
John Dugdale
Preceded by
George Brown
Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

19501951
Succeeded by
Arthur Champion
Government offices
Preceded by
Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
Governor-General of Ghana
19571960
Succeeded by
Office abolished and replaced
by the President of Ghana
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Balfour of Inchrye
Senior Privy Counsellor
1988–1997
With: The Lord Shawcross
Succeeded by
The Lord Shawcross
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Granville Hare
Earl of Listowel
1931 1997
Succeeded by
Francis Michael Hare
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Granville Hare
Baron Hare
1931 1997
Succeeded by
Francis Michael Hare
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