Born in
Betchworth,
Surrey, 10 May 1693, he was the eldest son of the Hon.
Hugh Hare, by his wife Lydia, daughter of Matthew Carlton of
Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at
Enfield under
Robert Uvedale. On the death of his grandfather,
Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, in 1708, he succeeded to the title as
Baron Coleraine. He matriculated at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 2 February 1712, aged 17. He was under the tuition of
John Rogers, who in 1716 married his sister Lydia. Coleraine visited Italy three times; the second time, about 1723, in company with
Conyers Middleton, when he made a collection of prints and drawings of the antiquities, buildings, and pictures in Italy, given after his death to Corpus Christi College. He was a member of the Republica Letteraria di Arcadia, and a friend of the Marquis
Scipio Maffei, who renewed their friendship at Coleraine's country seat,
Bruce Castle,
Tottenham. Coleraine was elected
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 8 December 1725, and frequently acted as vice-president. On 18 May 1727 he became a member of the
Gentleman's Society at Spalding,
Lincolnshire, and was also a member of the Brasenose Society. In the following year he was Grand Master of
Freemasons. He was chosen
Fellow of the Royal Society on 8 January 1730. Coleraine was elected as a Tory
Member of Parliament for
Boston,
Lincolnshire, in a contested by-election on 22 January 1730. He voted against the Administration on the army in 1732 and on the
Excise Bill in 1733. He spoke against the Address on 17 January 1734, and in March against authorizing the King to increase his forces if an emergency occurred during the parliamentary recess. He did not stand at the
1734 general election. Coleraine was a patron of
George Vertue, and took him antiquarian tours in England to make drawing. He died in August 1749, and was buried at Tottenham. ==Works==