William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Listowel
GCMG PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Listowel GCMG PC
	Listowel in 1962, by Walter Stoneman
Governor-General of Ghana
	In office; 13 November 1957 – 1 July 1960
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kobina Arku Korsah
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Monarch	In office; 22 November 1950 – 26 October 1951 Serving with George-Brown
Other ministerial offices
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
	In office; 22 November 1950 – 26 October 1951 Serving with George-Brown
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	The Earl of Huntingdon; Percy Collick;
Succeeded by	The Lord Carrington; Richard Nugent;
Minister of State for the Colonies
	In office; 4 January 1948 – 28 February 1950
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	John Dugdale
Secretary of State for Burma
	In office; 14 August 1947 – 4 January 1948
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Secretary of State for India and Burma
	In office; 17 April 1947 – 14 August 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Succeeded by	Office abolished ; Himself (Burma)
Minister of Information
	In office; 26 February 1946 – 31 March 1946
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Edward Williams
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Postmaster General
	In office; 19 October 1945 – 17 April 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Harry Crookshank
Succeeded by	Wilfred Paling
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma; Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
	In office; 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Earl of Munster
Succeeded by	The Earl of Scarbrough
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 16 November 1931 – 12 March 1997; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Earl of Listowel
Succeeded by	The 6th Earl of Listowel
Personal details
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.