James Hennessy, 2nd Baron Windlesham
James Bryan George Hennessy, 2nd Baron Windlesham (4 August 1903 – 16 November 1962) was a British peer and decorated British Army officer.
Biography
[edit]James Bryan George Hennessy was the first son of George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant on 30 August 1923.[2] He served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, before retiring from the army in 1948 with the rank of brigadier.[3]
He joined the House of Lords in 1953, having succeeded as Baron Windlesham on the death of his father. As for his politics, he was described as a "Liberal Peer of Conservative leanings".[4] He was killed in a helicopter crash at sea off the coast of St David's Head, Wales on 16 November 1962: his body was not recovered.[5] He was succeeded by his son (David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham).[4]
In recognition of his service during the Second World War, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre (with palm) and made a Commander of the Order of Leopold II by Belgium,[6] and made a Commander of the Order of George I by Greece.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Lord Windlesham was married twice. Firstly, he married Angela Duggan, daughter of Julian Duggan and Angela Casey, on 6 June 1929. The couple had four children, three daughters, and a son, David, later 3rd Baron Windlesham.
He married, secondly, Pamela Joan Kennedy, daughter of Francis Kennedy, on 25 March 1957.
Arms
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References
[edit]- ^ "Lord Windlesham". The Times. No. 52749. 19 November 1962. p. 13.
- ^ "No. 32858". The London Gazette. 31 August 1923. p. 5910.
- ^ a b "Windlesham, 2nd Baron, (James Bryan George Hennessy) (4 Aug. 1903 – 16 Nov. 1962) Brigadier, late Grenadier Guards". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Lord Windlesham". The Times. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
The son of a Liberal Peer of Conservative leanings but considerable independence of mind, David Hennessy, who became the 3rd Lord Windlesham in 1962, inherited the latter quality from his father
- ^ "NAVAL HELICOPTER CRASH". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords. 20 November 1962. col. 792–794.
- ^ "No. 38405". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1948. p. 5038.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.
- 1903 births
- 1962 deaths
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Liberal Party (UK) hereditary peers
- Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)
- Commanders of the Order of George I
- Commanders of the Order of Leopold II
- People educated at Eton College
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Barons Windlesham
- British Army brigadiers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents in the United Kingdom