William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

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
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	(1906-09-28)28 September 1906
Died	12 March 1997(1997-03-12) (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.