Sir Thomas Leigh Hare, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Leigh Hare, 1st Baronet MVO (4 April 1859 - 22 February 1941), was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He represented South West Norfolk in the House of Commons between 1892 and 1906.

Thomas Leigh Hare was the illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Baronet (1807–1880). He married Lady Ida Cathcart, daughter of Alan Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart and Elizabeth Mary Crompton, on 24 July 1886. They had a daughter.

Hare and the Liberal Richard Winfrey fought four general elections against each other in South West Norfolk. Winfrey gained the seat at the third attempt and Hare tried to regain it in January 1910.

He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in May 1905.[1] The Hare Baronetcy, of Stow Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in 1905 for him; the title became extinct on his death in 1941.

References
  1. "No. 27797". The London Gazette. 23 May 1905. p. 3689.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Tyssen-Amherst		 Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk
1892–1906		 Succeeded by
Richard Winfrey
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Stow Hall)
1905–1941		 Extinct


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