The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 25 November 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edmonton, London | 28 March 1947
Nationality | British |
Political party | None (crossbencher) |
Children | 2 |
Education | |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Historian and academic; formerly journalist |
Profession | Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History |
Awards | |
Peter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield, FBA (born 28 March 1947) is an English historian and academic specialising in the history of government. Since 1992, he has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London.[1]