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'''Viscount Blakenham''', of [[Little Blakenham]] in the [[County of Suffolk]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43153 |date=8 November 1963 |page=9127}}</ref> It was created in 1963 for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and former [[Secretary of State for War]], the Hon. [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]. He was the third son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel (see [[Earl of Listowel]] for earlier history of the family). {{As of|2018}} the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, a professor at [[MIT]] who succeeded his father, a former chairman of [[Pearson PLC]], in that year. As a great-grandson of the fourth Earl of Listowel he is also in remainder (as of 2018 second in line) to this peerage and its subsidiary titles. |
'''Viscount Blakenham''', of [[Little Blakenham]] in the [[County of Suffolk]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43153 |date=8 November 1963 |page=9127}}</ref> It was created in 1963 for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and former [[Secretary of State for War]], the Hon. [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]. He was the third son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel (see [[Earl of Listowel]] for earlier history of the family). {{As of|2018}} the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, a professor at [[MIT]] who succeeded his father, a former chairman of [[Pearson PLC]], in that year. As a great-grandson of the fourth Earl of Listowel, he is also in remainder (as of 2018 second in line) to this peerage and its subsidiary titles. |
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Viscount Blakenham, of Little Blakenham in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1963 for the Conservative politician and former Secretary of State for War, the Hon. John Hare. He was the third son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel (see Earl of Listowel for earlier history of the family). As of 2018[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, a professor at MIT who succeeded his father, a former chairman of Pearson PLC, in that year. As a great-grandson of the fourth Earl of Listowel, he is also in remainder (as of 2018 second in line) to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.
Viscounts Blakenham (1963)
- John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham (1911–1982)
- Michael John Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham (1938-2018)
- Caspar John Hare, 3rd Viscount Blakenham (b. 1972)
There are currently no known heirs to the title.
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- ^ "No. 43153". The London Gazette. 8 November 1963. p. 9127.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]