Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel
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Judith, Countess of Listowel (12 July 1903 – 15 July 2003) was a noted British-Hungarian journalist and author who married William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel
in 1933.
She was born Judith de Marffy-Mantuano in Hungary. In 1926, she won a scholarship to study economic history at the London School of Economics
, where she met Billy Hare, the future 5th Earl of Listowel. The couple were ill-fitted, they travelled around Europe together and separately for the rest of the decade. After war was declared, Lady Listowel urged both Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law, and her kinsman, the Hungarian prime minister Paul Telecki, not to side with Hitler.
Beginning her career as an author in the 1920s, Lady Listowel produced a volume of short stories about Hungarian society, as well as other works including: This I Have Seen (1943), which was an account of her early life, "Crusader In The Secret War" (1952), an account of the activities of Jan Kowalewski
during WW2, Manual of Modern Manners (1959) The Modern Hostess (1961), which attracted widespread attention, The Making of Tanganyika (1965) and Dusk on the Danube (1969).
She died 3 days after her 100th birthday in July 2003.
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel
William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was a British peer and Labour politician...
in 1933.
She was born Judith de Marffy-Mantuano in Hungary. In 1926, she won a scholarship to study economic history at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, where she met Billy Hare, the future 5th Earl of Listowel. The couple were ill-fitted, they travelled around Europe together and separately for the rest of the decade. After war was declared, Lady Listowel urged both Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law, and her kinsman, the Hungarian prime minister Paul Telecki, not to side with Hitler.
Beginning her career as an author in the 1920s, Lady Listowel produced a volume of short stories about Hungarian society, as well as other works including: This I Have Seen (1943), which was an account of her early life, "Crusader In The Secret War" (1952), an account of the activities of Jan Kowalewski
Jan Kowalewski
Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau...
during WW2, Manual of Modern Manners (1959) The Modern Hostess (1961), which attracted widespread attention, The Making of Tanganyika (1965) and Dusk on the Danube (1969).
She died 3 days after her 100th birthday in July 2003.