William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel, (29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924), styled Viscount Ennismore from 1837 to 1856, was an Irish peer and Liberal politician.
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Background
Listowel was the eldest son of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel of Convamore House, Ballyhooly, County Cork, and Maria Augusta, widow of George Wyndham of Cromer Hall, Norfolk, and second daughter of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham of Felbrigg Hall. He was educated at Eton before gaining a commission as a lieutenant in the Scots Fusiliers Guards in 1852.
Listowel owned 35,000 acres, with 30,000 in County Kerry and 5,000 in County Cork.
Military career
Listowel served with his regiment during the Crimean War (1854–1856). On 30 September 1854 at the Battle of Alma he was wounded and was invalided out to England by ship.