The Earl of Listowel | |
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| Member of theHouse of Lords | |
| as a hereditary peer 12 March 1997 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Earl of Listowel |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as anelected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 21 July 2022[1] | |
| Election | 1999 |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hampton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-06-28)28 June 1964 (age 61) |
| Political party | Crossbencher |
Francis Michael Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel (born 28 June 1964), styledViscount Ennismore until 1997, is anIrish andBritish peer. He first sat in theHouse of Lords by right of his United Kingdom peerage ofBaron Hare and was later one of theninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of theHouse of Lords Act 1999, where he sat as acrossbencher. He retired from the House on 21 July 2022.[2]
Lord Listowel is a member of theAscendancy, the oldAnglo-Irishruling class.
The son ofWilliam Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, and Pamela Mollie Day, and nephew ofJohn Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, he was educated atWestminster School andQueen Mary and Westfield College, London, where he graduated with aBA degree in English literature in 1992. In 1997, he succeeded to his father's titles. The earldom is named afterListowel, a town in the north ofCounty Kerry inIreland.
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by | Earl of Listowel 1997–present | Incumbent Heir presumptive: Hon. Timothy Hare |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Hare 1997–present Member of theHouse of Lords (1997–1999) | Incumbent Heir presumptive: Hon. Timothy Hare |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| New office created by theHouse of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to theHouse of Lords under theHouse of Lords Act 1999 Sat as Baron Hare 1999–2022 | Succeeded by |
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