Francis Michael Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel (born 28 June 1964), is a British

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 peer. He is one of the ninety hereditary peer

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s elected to remain in the House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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. Lord Listowel is a member of the Ascendancy

Protestant Ascendancy

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, the old Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

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 aristocracy

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The son of the 5th Earl of Listowel

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was a British peer and Labour politician...

 and Pamela Mollie Day, and nephew of the Viscount Blakenham

John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham

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, he was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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 and Queen Mary and Westfield College, London

Queen Mary, University of London

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in English literature in 1992. In 1997, he succeeded to his father's titles. The earldom is named after Listowel, a town in the north of County Kerry

County Kerry

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 in Ireland

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