| David James George Hennessy | |
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| Born | 28 January 1932 |
| Died | 21 December 2010 (aged 78) |
| Title | 3rd Baron Windlesham |
| Other titles | Baron Hennessy |
| Offices | Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Spouse(s) | Prudence Glynn |
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.
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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]
He was elected to Westminster City Council in 1958 to 1962[2] and entered the House of Lords as the 3rd Baron Windlesham upon his father's death in 1962. 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] 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 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 (1967-70) and Managing Director of the ATV network (1974-1981).[2] He was a director of The Observer from 1981 to 1989.[2]
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]
Baron Windlesham married Prudence Glynn in 1965. She died in 1986; he is survived by a son and a daughter.[2]
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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