James Hare (British politician)

[2] Hare entered London life, where his status as a wit was generally recognised.

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire described Hare as having "a manner of placing every object in so new a light that his kind of wit always surprises as much as it pleases.

He sat for the borough of Stockbridge, in Hampshire, from May 1772 to 1774, and then for Knaresborough, a constituency controlled by the Duke of Devonshire, from 3 July 1781 until his death in 1804.

Hare had gambled away his small inheritance and thereafter remained dependent on his rich Whig friends as a house guest.

Hare was greatly mourned by his friends, including Georgiana, the Duke of Devonshire, and Bess Foster.

[4] Hare's fortune was improved by his marriage at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, on 21 January 1774, to Hannah, only daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet.