Background
Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore, and Catherine Bridget Dillon.
Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore, and Catherine Bridget Dillon.
He was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Kerry in 1826, a seat he held until 1830. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Cork for 1834. Listowel instead returned to the House of Commons in 1841 when he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Street Albans, a constituency he represented until 1846.
In latter part of his career he served the Whig government of Lord John Russell in the House of Lords as a Lord-in-Waiting to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in which office he continued under Peelite Lord Aberdeen.
Lord Listowel married Maria Augusta Windham, daughter of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham, on 23 July 1831. Lady Listowel died in 1871.
William, 3rd Earl of Listowel (since 1833)
Richard, Rear-Admiral (1836-1903)
Ralph, Major RHA (1838-1879)
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Augusta Maria (d1881) married 4th Earl of Carysfort
Emily catherine (d1916) married Sir John Wrixon-Becher
Sophia Eliza (d1912)
Victoria Alexandrina (d1927) married 3rd Earl of Yarborough, and secondly, John M Richardson of Edmundthorpe Hall.
Adela Maria (d1912) married Colonel Cuthbert Larking (d1910) of 15th Hussars
Eleanor Cecilia (d1924) married 1st Baron Heneage, Personal Computer (d1922).
8th United Kingdom Parliament. 14th United Kingdom Parliament.