David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham

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.

Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish peer, was educated at Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Oxford, earning a Master of Arts in Jurisprudence. He joined the Westminster City Council in 1958, then held various positions before entering the House of Lords as the 3rd Baron Windlesham upon his father's death in 1968. He joined the government in 1970 as a Minister of State in the Home Office, later in the Northern Ireland Office, and eventually became Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords in 1973.

He also began working with various companies, including The Observer, wrote a few books, and eventually went back to Oxford where he earned a DLitt and later became principal of Brasenose College. In 1999, he was created Baron Hennessy, of Windlesham in the County of Surrey after the House of Lords Act 1999, so that he could continue sitting in the Lords. He had also been a visiting professor at Princeton University and various other institutions.

Family

Baron Windlesham was predeceased by his wife, the former Prudence Glynn, who died in 1986; he is survived by a son and a daughter.

References

1. ^ "Politics obituaries: Lord Windlesham". The Daily Telegraph (London). 23 December 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8222824/Lord-Windlesham.html. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 

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
• Politics Obituaries: Lord Windlesham - website The Telegraph
• Lord Windlesham Obituary The Independent- 5 February 2011
• David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, National Portrait Gallery

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Hennessy	Baron Windlesham 1968–2010	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 John Keiran Barry Moylan Nicholas	Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford 1989–2002	Succeeded by Roger Cashmore

Persondata
Name	Windlesham, David Hennessy, 3rd Baron
Alternative names	Hennessy, David James George
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	28 January 1932
Place of birth
Date of death	21 December 2010
Place of death