Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine

Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine (21 April 1636 – 15 July 1708) was an English politician, peer and antiquary.

Baptised at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, 21 April 1636, he was the eldest surviving son of Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine, by his wife Lucy, second daughter of the first marriage of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester.

[1] Longford Castle in Wiltshire was a family property, and Coleraine was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1679.

[2] In 1696, Coleraine built a vestry at the east end of the north aisle of Tottenham parish church, and underneath a vault for his family.

[1] Coleraine corresponded with Dr. John Woodward on antiquarian subjects, and was tutored in numismatics by Walter Charleton.

Longford Castle, Wiltshire.
Memorial engraving to Constantia Hare, by John Collins.