William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Listowel GCMG PC |
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| Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
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In office 17 April 1947 – 14 August 1947 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | The Lord Pethick-Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Secretary of State for Burma | |
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In office 14 August 1947 – 4 January 1948 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| 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 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.
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. He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Magdalene College, Cambridge and King's College London (PhD, 1932).
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. 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.
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