David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, Baron Hennessy, CVO, PC, FBA (28 January 1932 – 21 December 2010[1]) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.
The Lord Windlesham | |
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| Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| In office 23 May 1973 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Shepherd |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 26 March 1972 – 5 June 1973 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Belstead (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State) |
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
| In office 23 June 1970 – 26 March 1972 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Shirley Williams |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Colville of Culross |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as a hereditary peer 20 February 1963 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Windlesham |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as a life peer 17 November 1999 – 21 December 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1932 |
| Died | 21 December 2010 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Early life
editHennessy, an Anglo-Irish peer, was educated at Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Oxford, earning a Master of Arts in Jurisprudence in 1957.[2] He did his National Service with the Grenadier Guards in Tripoli.[2] His father, James Hennessy, 2nd Baron Windlesham, was a Lieutenant General in the Grenadier Guards. They are closely related to the Franco-Irish Cognac Hennessy family.
Political career
editHennessy was elected to Westminster Borough Council in 1958 to 1962,[2] unsuccessfully contested Tottenham in 1959, and entered the House of Lords as the 3rd Baron Windlesham upon his father's death in 1962, who died in a helicopter accident at sea, having been a brigadier in the Grenadier Guards. He joined the Government as Minister of State in the Home Office in 1970 to 1972; and from 1972 to 1973, in the Northern Ireland Office, after which he became Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords in June 1973 until October 1974.[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1981 New Year's Honours.[3] On 16 November 1999, he was created Baron Hennessy, of Windlesham in the County of Surrey[4] after the House of Lords Act 1999, so that he could continue sitting in the Lords.
Media
editHe worked for Associated-Rediffusion and was involved in This Week. He later joined the board of Rediffusion as Chief Programme Executive.[2] His TV career continued as managing director of Grampian (1967–1970) and managing director of the ATV network (1974–1981).[2] He was a director of The Observer from 1981 to 1989.[2]
Academic
editHennessy returned to Oxford, where he earned a DLitt,[citation needed] and was principal of Brasenose College from 1989 to 2002.[2] He had also been a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1997 and 2002 to 2003.[2]
Family
editBaron Windlesham married the fashion journalist and author Prudence Glynn in 1965. She died in 1986; he is survived by a son, James, and a daughter, Victoria.[2]
Arms
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References
edit- ^ "Politics obituaries: Lord Windlesham". The Daily Telegraph. London. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "David James George Hennessy (E51), the Third Baron Windlesham, 28 January 1932–21 December 2010" (PDF). Old Amplefordian Obituaries. The Ampleforth Journal. 115: 88–89. September 2010 – July 2011.
- ^ "No. 48467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1980. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 55672". The London Gazette. 19 November 1999. p. 12349.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.
External links
edit- Announcement of his taking the oath under his new title at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 22 November 1999
- David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, National Portrait Gallery