George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham

George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE (23 March 1877 – 8 October 1953), was a British soldier and Conservative politician.

Hennessy (originally Ó hAonghusa), an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division. In 1918 he was elected to parliament for Winchester, a seat he held until 1931, and served under Bonar Law and Baldwin as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1922 to 1924 and from 1924 to 1925, as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1925 to 1928 and as Treasurer of the Household from 1928 to 1929. Hennessy held the latter position also from September to November 1931 in the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald. From 1931 to 1941 he was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party. Hennessy was created a Baronet, of Windlesham in the County of Surrey, in 1927, and on 22 February 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Windlesham, of Windlesham in the County of Surrey.

Lord Windlesham married Ethel Mary Wynter, daughter of Charles Reginald Wynter, in 1898. He died in October 1953, aged 76, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his eldest son, James Hennessy. The latter's son, David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, was also a Conservative politician.

See also

• Ó hAonghusa

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Hennessy

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Douglas Carnegie	Member of Parliament for Winchester 1918 – 1931	Succeeded by Robert Ellis
Political offices
Preceded by Douglas Hacking	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1925–1928	Succeeded by Frederick Charles Thomson
Preceded by George Gibbs	Treasurer of the Household 1928–1929	Succeeded by Ben Smith
Preceded by Ben Smith	Treasurer of the Household 1931	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Charles Thomson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Windlesham 1937–1953	Succeeded by James Bryan George Hennessy
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Windlesham) 1927–1953	Succeeded by James Bryan George Hennessy