- John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham
John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, OBE, PC, (
January 22 1911 –March 7 1982 ) was a British peer andstatesman , a younger son ofRichard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel .Hare was educated at
Eton College and married Hon. Beryl Nancy Pearson, daughter ofWeetman Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray , on31 January 1934 . They had three children:*Hon. Mary Anne Hare (b.
9 April 1936 )
*Michael John Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham (b.25 January 1938 )
*Hon. Joanna Freda Hare (b.27 July 1942 ), married 1967 toUnited States Supreme Court JusticeStephen Breyer He was an
Alderman ofLondon County Council between 1937 and 1952, fought in theSecond World War with theSuffolk Yeomanry inItaly and was awarded theLegion of Honour .Hare was Conservative
Member of Parliament for Woodbridge between 1945 and 1950, then for Sudbury and Woodbridge between 1950 and 1963. He was vice-chairman of the Conservative Party between 1952 and 1955 and chairman between 1963 and 1965.Hare served in the
government ofAnthony Eden asMinister of State of Colonial Affairs between 1955 and 1956 andSecretary of State for War from 1956 to 1958, under Eden and his successor,Harold Macmillan . He held the office ofMinister of Agriculture from 1958 to 1960 andMinister of Labour between 1960 and 1963, both under Macmillan.He was created 1st
Viscount Blakenham , ofLittle Blakenham , Co.Suffolk on8 November 1963 and held the office of Chancellor of theDuchy of Lancaster and Deputy Leader of theHouse of Lords between 1963 and 1964.Hare received the Victoria Medal of Honour from the
Royal Humane Society in 1974. [Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003) "John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham" "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage" 107th edition, 3 volumes, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., volume 1, page 391.]Notes
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