Peerage Record – 15971

     Brig.-Gen. Robert Hugh Hare was born on 4 December 1867.² He was the son of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.² He married Lillian Louise Mellor, daughter of James Mellor.² He died on 2 October 1950 at age 82 at Burley, Hampshire, England^G.²
     He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹

     Lillian Louise Mellor was the daughter of James Mellor.¹ She married Brig.-Gen. Robert Hugh Hare, son of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹ She died at Burley, Hampshire, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Hare.¹

     Ewan Christian Hare is the son of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹

     Lieutenant Humphrey John Hare was born in 1869.¹ He was the son of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹ He died in 1900 at Sri Lanka^G.¹

     Agnes Mary Hare is the daughter of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹

     Margaret Christian Hare was the daughter of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹ She died in 1906.¹

     Dorothy Christian Hare was the daughter of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹ She died at London, England^G.¹
     She graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹

     Katharine Christian Hare is the daughter of Edward Hare and Mary Ann Wood.¹

     Lt.-Col. James Hugh Hare was born on 23 November 1911 at Burley, Hampshire, England^G.^1,2 He was the son of Brig.-Gen. Robert Hugh Hare and Lillian Louise Mellor.¹ He married Rosemary Ducat-Hamersley, daughter of Hugh Charles Claude Ducat-Hamersley, in 1941.¹ He died on 28 October 1944 at age 32 at The Netherlands, killed in action.^1,3
     He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on 27 August 1931 in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant on 27 August 1934.² He fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Captain on 27 August 1939.² He gained the rank of Temporary Major on 26 August 1941.²