Escutcheon: Arms of Hare: Gules, two Bars and a Chief indented Or. Crest: A Demi-Lion Argent, ducally gorged Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Dragon Ermine, armed and langued Gules. Sinister: a Guernsey Cow proper.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Coronet///of///a///British///Viscount.svg%0AHare///arms.svg) Name: Viscountcy Blakenham
Creation Date: 8 November 1963
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Peerage: Peerage of the United Kingdom
First Holder: John Hugh Hare
Present Holder: Caspar Hare, 3rd Viscount
Remainder To: the 1st Viscount's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.
Motto: ODI PROFANUM** (I hate whatever is profane)
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Viscount Blakenham, of Little Blakenham in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1963 for the Conservative politician and former Secretary of State for War, John Hare. He was the third son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel (see Earl of Listowel for earlier history of the family). the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, a professor at MIT who succeeded his father, a former chairman of Pearson PLC, in that year. As a great-grandson of the fourth Earl of Listowel, he is also in remainder (as of 2018 second in line) to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Viscounts Blakenham (1963)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Inigo Hare.