William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

Governor-General of Ghana
Governor-General of Ghana
	In office; 13 November 1957 – 1 July 1960
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kobina Arku Korsah
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Other ministerial offices
Edward Williams
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Postmaster General
	In office; 19 October 1945 – 17 April 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Harry Crookshank
Succeeded by	Wilfred Paling
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma; Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
	In office; 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Earl of Munster
Succeeded by	The Earl of Scarbrough
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Earl of Listowel
Succeeded by	The 6th Earl of Listowel
Personal details
Born	28 September 1906
Died	12 March 1997 (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,

Governor-General of Ghana

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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

Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma from 1944 to 1945. ^{[citation needed}

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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

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

Privy Counsellor in 1946^[4] and a GCMG in 1957.^[5]

Family

Lord Listowel married three times.[6] Firstly he married Judith, daughter of Raoul de Marffy-Mantuana, on 24 July 1933. They had one daughter:

Lady Deirdre Elisabeth Mary Freda Hare (born 13 February 1935), married firstly John Norton, 7th Baron Grantley and then, after his death, Ian Curteis.

Lord and Lady Listowel were divorced in 1945. He married secondly Stephanie Sandra Yvonne Wise on 1 July 1958. They also had one daughter:

Lady Fiona Eve Akua Hare (born 24 February 1960)

They were divorced in 1963 and on 4 October 1963 Lord Listowel married thirdly Pamela Mollie Day. They had two sons and one daughter:

Francis Michael Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel (born 28 June 1964)
Lady Diana France Hare (born 7 December 1965)
Hon Timothy Patrick Hare (born 1966)

Pamela, Countess Listowel, lives in Hampstead.^[7]

Death

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

References

^ ^a ^b "William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "hansard.millbanksystem.com Mr William Hare". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
^ Kenneth Harris, Attlee (1982), pp. 362, 378.
^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette. 13 June 1946. p. 2755.
^ "No. 41203". The London Gazette. 15 October 1957. p. 6003.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
^ Ensor, Josie (6 June 2013). "Countess says 'mega basements' are tearing neighbourhood apart". The Daily Telegraph.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Listowel
Earl of Listowel's Memoirs; redrice.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
Newspaper clippings about William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Munster	Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma 1944–1945	Succeeded by The Earl of Scarbrough
Preceded by Harry Crookshank	Postmaster General 1945–1947	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 April–August 1947	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by New office	Secretary of State for Burma August 1947 – January 1948	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by New office	Minister of State for Colonial Affairs 1948–1950	Succeeded by John Dugdale
Preceded by George Brown	Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1950–1951	Succeeded by Arthur Champion
Government offices
Preceded by Charles Noble Arden-Clarke	Governor-General of Ghana 1957–1960	Succeeded by Office abolished and replaced by the President of Ghana
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Balfour of Inchrye	The Lord Shawcross	Succeeded by The Lord Shawcross
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Hare	Earl of Listowel 1931–1997	Succeeded by Francis Michael Hare

[thepeerage3817-1] "William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[millbanksystems1-2] "hansard.millbanksystem.com Mr William Hare". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 11 April 2010.

[3] Kenneth Harris, Attlee (1982), pp. 362, 378.

[4] "No. 37598". The London Gazette. 13 June 1946. p. 2755.

[5] "No. 41203". The London Gazette. 15 October 1957. p. 6003.

[6] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

[7] Ensor, Josie (6 June 2013). "Countess says 'mega basements' are tearing neighbourhood apart". The Daily Telegraph.

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