William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel
- William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel
William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG PC (28 September 1906–12 March 1997), known as Viscount Ennismore from 1924 to 1931, was a British hereditary peer and Labour politician.
The eldest son of 4th Earl of Listowel and the Hon. Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, he was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father in 1931.
He served as a Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps. He was a Labour Member of London County Council for East Lewisham from 1937-1946, and for Battersea North from 1952-1957. He served as Labour Party Whip in House of Lords from 1941-1944. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, 1944-1945 and held ministerial office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, India Office, Postmaster-General from 1945-1947, Secretary of State for India from April to August 1947, Secretary of State for Burma from 1947-January 1948, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs from 1948-1950; and Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1950-1951. He then served as Governor-General of Ghana from 1957-1960. He was Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords, 1965-1976.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1946 and awarded the GCMG in 1957.
External links
* [http://www.redrice.com/listowel/ Memoirs]
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