The Lord Windlesham CVO PC FBA | |
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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 Lord Temporal | |
| In office 17 November 1999 – 21 December 2010 Life Peerage | |
| In office 20 February 1963 – 11 November 1999 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Lord Windlesham |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1932 |
| Died | 21 December 2010 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and 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.
Early life
Hennessy, 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
He was elected to Westminster City 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 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
He 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
He returned to Oxford, where he earned a DLitt, 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
Baron Windlesham married the fashion journalist and author Prudence Glynn in 1965. She died in 1986; he is survived by a son and a daughter.[2]
References
- ^ "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 The Ampleforth Journal. 115: 88–89.
- ^ "No. 48467". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1980. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 55672". The London Gazette. 19 November 1999. p. 12349.
External links
- 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
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Hennessy | Baron Windlesham 1962–2010 | Succeeded by James Hennessy |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl Jellicoe | Lord Privy Seal 1973–1974 | Succeeded by The Lord Shepherd |
| Leader of the House of Lords 1973–1974 | ||
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl Jellicoe | Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1973–1974 | Succeeded by The Lord Carrington |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Barry Nicholas | Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 1989–2002 | Succeeded by Roger Cashmore |