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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-03-28</span>) </span>28 March 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_London" title="Edmonton, London">Edmonton</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data">None (<a href="/wiki/Crossbencher" title="Crossbencher">crossbencher</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Benedict%27s_School,_Ealing" title="St Benedict's School, Ealing">St Benedict's School, Ealing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Marling_School" title="Marling School">Marling School</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Historian and academic; formerly journalist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duff_Cooper_Prize" title="Duff Cooper Prize">Duff Cooper Prize</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/NCR_Book_Award" title="NCR Book Award">NCR Book Award</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Orwell_Prize" title="Orwell Prize">Orwell Prize</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy" title="Fellow of the British Academy">FBA</a></span></span> (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 <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary_University_of_London" title="Queen Mary University of London">Queen Mary University of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-QMUL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QMUL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hennessy was born in Edmonton, north London, son of William Gerald Hennessy and Edith, née Wood-Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He comes from a large <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Ireland">Catholic</a> family of <a href="/wiki/Irish_descent" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish descent">Irish provenance</a>. He was brought up in large houses requisitioned by the local council, first in Allandale Avenue and then in <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndhurst Gardens">Lyndhurst Gardens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finchley" title="Finchley">Finchley</a>, north London.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended the nearby Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, and on Sundays he went to St Mary Magdalene Church, where he was an altar boy.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the subject of the first episode, first broadcast on 6 August 2007, of the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In" title="The House I Grew Up In">The House I Grew Up In</a></i>, in which he talked about his childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hennessy was educated at <a href="/wiki/St_Benedict%27s_School,_Ealing" title="St Benedict's School, Ealing">St Benedict's School</a> and then at a grammar school in <a href="/wiki/Ealing" title="Ealing">Ealing</a>, west London. After his father's job led the family to move to the <a href="/wiki/Cotswolds" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a>, he attended <a href="/wiki/Marling_School" title="Marling School">Marling School</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar school</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stroud" title="Stroud">Stroud</a>, Gloucestershire. He went on to study at <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a>, where he was awarded a BA in 1969 and a PhD in 1990. Hennessy was a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Memorial_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Memorial Trust">Kennedy Memorial Scholar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> from 1971 to 1972. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journalism">Journalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hennessy was a journalist for the <i>Times Higher Education Supplement</i> from 1972 to 1974. From 1974 to 1982, he wrote leaders for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, for which he was also the Whitehall correspondent. He was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Financial_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Financial Times">The Financial Times</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.15em;">'</span> lobby correspondent at Westminster in 1976. In June 1977, Hennessy accused <a href="/wiki/Donald_Beves" title="Donald Beves">Donald Beves</a> of being the "fourth man" in the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Spy_Ring" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Spy Ring">Cambridge Spy Ring</a> (then-known participants were <a href="/wiki/Kim_Philby" title="Kim Philby">Philby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Burgess" title="Guy Burgess">Burgess</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(spy)" title="Donald Maclean (spy)">Maclean</a>), but <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Grigson" title="Geoffrey Grigson">Geoffrey Grigson</a> and others quickly leapt to the defense of Beves, considering him uninterested in politics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hennessy wrote for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> in 1982. He was a regular presenter of <i><a href="/wiki/Analysis_(radio_programme)" title="Analysis (radio programme)">Analysis</a></i> on BBC Radio 4 from 1987 to 1992. On 17 November 2005, he made a <a class="external text" href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/trenchant">trenchant</a> appearance alongside <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wilson,_Baron_Wilson_of_Dinton" title="Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton">Lord Wilson of Dinton</a> before the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_Administration_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Administration Select Committee">Public Administration Select Committee</a> on the publication of political memoirs. </p><p>In July and August 2013 he was the interviewer for BBC Radio 4's <i>Reflections</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a series of four biographical interview programmes featuring <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Shirley Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">Norman Tebbit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a>. Hennessy continues to present the programme. </p><p>On 17 April 2022, he was interviewed by BBC Radio 4's <i><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House_(radio_programme)" title="Broadcasting House (radio programme)">Broadcasting House</a></i>. On the subject of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> fines issued to <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> for lockdown breaches during the <a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a> scandal, he said "I think we're in the most severe constitutional crisis involving a prime minister that I can remember."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_career">Academic career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Academic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Hennessy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Peter_Hennessy.jpg/220px-Peter_Hennessy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Peter_Hennessy.jpg/330px-Peter_Hennessy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Peter_Hennessy.jpg/440px-Peter_Hennessy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="421" /></a><figcaption>Professor Hennessy giving a public lecture at <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">LSE</a> in 1989</figcaption></figure> <p>Hennessy co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Contemporary_British_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Contemporary British History">Institute of Contemporary British History</a> in 1986. From 1992 to 2000, he was professor of <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_history" title="Contemporary history">contemporary history</a> at <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary,_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Mary, University of London">Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London</a>. From 1994 to 1997, he gave public lectures as <a href="/wiki/Gresham_Professor_of_Rhetoric" title="Gresham Professor of Rhetoric">Professor of Rhetoric</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gresham_College" title="Gresham College">Gresham College</a>, London. From 2001, he has been Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary, University of London. </p><p>His analysis of post-war Britain, <i>Never Again: Britain 1945–1951</i>, won the <a href="/wiki/Duff_Cooper_Prize" title="Duff Cooper Prize">Duff Cooper Prize</a> in 1992 and the <a href="/wiki/NCR_Book_Award" title="NCR Book Award">NCR Book Award</a> in 1993. </p><p>His study of Britain in the 1950s and the rise of <a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a>, <i>Having It So Good: Britain in the 1950s</i>, won the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Orwell_Prize" title="Orwell Prize">Orwell Prize</a> for political writing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elevation_to_the_peerage">Elevation to the peerage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elevation to the peerage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Hennessy_of_Nympsfield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3796" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption>Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On 5 October 2010 the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Appointments_Commission" title="House of Lords Appointments Commission">House of Lords Appointments Commission</a> said that Hennessy was to be a <a href="/wiki/Crossbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossbench">crossbench</a> (non-political) peer. He was created a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> on 8 November 2010, taking the title <b>Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Nympsfield" title="Nympsfield">Nympsfield</a> in the County of Gloucestershire.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Introduction_(House_of_Lords)" title="Introduction (House of Lords)">introduced</a> to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> on 25 November.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"I'm terribly pleased and honoured", Hennessy said at hearing the news. "I hope I can help the House of Lords a bit on constitutional matters. I'll certainly give it my best shot."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2014, Lord Hennessy was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> opposing <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> in the run-up to <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">September's referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hennessy is married with two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lives in London with his wife Enid.<sup id="cite_ref-discs_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2019, he stated in an interview that he had early-stage <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 May 2023, Hennessy was the guest for BBC Radio 4's <i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs">Desert Island Discs</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-discs_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?10035-1/whitehall"><i>Booknotes</i> interview with Hennessy on <i>Whitehall</i>, 26 November 1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hennessy is the author of numerous articles and of the following books: </p> <ul><li><i>Cabinet</i> (1986) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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.id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-631-14968-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-631-14968-6">0-631-14968-6</a> Blackwell</li> <li><i>Whitehall</i> (1989) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-43619-271-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-43619-271-5">978-0-43619-271-5</a> Secker & Warburg (revised & extended in 2001)</li> <li><i>Never Again: Britain 1945–51</i> (1992) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-22402-768-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-22402-768-7">978-0-22402-768-7</a> Jonathan Cape (revised & updated in 2006)</li> <li><i>Pathways to the Pigeon Hole?: The Effectiveness of Official Inquiries</i> (1993) University of Strathclyde</li> <li><i>The Hidden Wiring: Unearthing the British Constitution</i> (1995) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-575-06176-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-575-06176-6">0-575-06176-6</a> Gollancz</li> <li><i>Ready, Steady, Go!: New Labour and Whitehall</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780716340379" title="Special:BookSources/9780716340379">9780716340379</a> (1997) Fabian Society</li> <li><i>The Blair Centre: A Question of Command and Control?</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781898531531" title="Special:BookSources/9781898531531">9781898531531</a> (1999) Public Management Foundation</li> <li><i>The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders since 1945</i> (2000) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780713993400" title="Special:BookSources/9780713993400">9780713993400</a> Allen Lane</li> <li><i>The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War</i> (2002) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7139-9626-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7139-9626-9">0-7139-9626-9</a> Allen Lane (republished & extended in 2010, see below)</li> <li><i>Rulers and Servants of the State: The Blair Style of 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title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-726422-5">978-0-19-726422-5</a> Oxford University Press</li> <li><i>The New Protective State: Government, Intelligence and Terrorism</i> (2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780826496140" title="Special:BookSources/9780826496140">9780826496140</a> Continuum</li> <li><i>The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945–2010</i> (2010) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-104469-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-104469-9">978-0-14-104469-9</a> Penguin</li> <li><i>Distilling the Frenzy: Writing the History of One's Own Times</i> (2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781849542159" title="Special:BookSources/9781849542159">9781849542159</a> Biteback</li> <li><i>Establishment and Meritocracy</i> (2014) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781908323774" title="Special:BookSources/9781908323774">9781908323774</a> Haus Publishing</li> <li><i>Kingdom to Come: Thoughts on the Union Before and After the Scottish Referendum</i> (2015) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781910376065" title="Special:BookSources/9781910376065">9781910376065</a> Haus Publishing</li> <li><i>Reflections: Conversations with Politicians</i> (2016) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781910376485" title="Special:BookSources/9781910376485">9781910376485</a> Haus Publishing (expanded & reissued in 2020, see below)</li> <li><i>The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945</i> (2015) with James Jinks <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781846145803" title="Special:BookSources/9781846145803">9781846145803</a> Allen Lane</li> <li><i>Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties</i> (2019) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1846141102" title="Special:BookSources/978-1846141102">978-1846141102</a> Allen Lane</li> <li><i>The Complete Reflections: Conversations with Politicians</i> (2020) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781912208982" title="Special:BookSources/9781912208982">9781912208982</a> Haus Publishing</li> <li><i>A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Corona</i> (2022) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780241491942" title="Special:BookSources/9780241491942">9780241491942</a> Penguin</li> <li><i>The Bonfire of the Decencies: Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution</i> (2022) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781913368715" title="Special:BookSources/9781913368715">9781913368715</a> Haus Publishing</li></ul> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Peter Hennessy </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/150px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/225px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/300px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png/200px-Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png/300px-Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Hennessy_of_Nympsfield_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="337" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>A worker bee statant Or holding in the dexter foreclaws an open fountain pen bendwise sinister nib downwards Proper.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Azure on a chevron engrailed between three closed books clasped Or a chevronel Gules.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a worker bee Or holding in the interior foreclaws an open fountain pen that on the dexter bendwise and on the sinister bendwise sinister nibs downwards Proper.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gresham_Professor_of_Rhetoric" title="Gresham Professor of Rhetoric">Gresham Professor of Rhetoric</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hennessy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-QMUL-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-QMUL_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/staff/profile/4539-professor-peter-hennessy">"Queen Mary College website biographical note on Peter Hennessy"</a>. 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Susan Morris, Debrett's Ltd, 2020, p. 2991</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC_radio_4,_2007-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_radio_4,_2007_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007vg2k">"<i>The House I Grew Up In</i>, featuring Peter Hennessy"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In" title="The House I Grew Up In"><i>The House I Grew Up In</i></a>. 6 August 2007. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+House+I+Grew+Up+In&rft.date=2007-08-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb007vg2k&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Hennessy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'Who was the fourth man?' in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, issue 60032, dated Friday, 17 June 1977, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036y7ws/episodes/guide">"Series 1, Reflections with Peter Hennessy - Episode guide - BBC Radio 4"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Series+1%2C+Reflections+with+Peter+Hennessy+-+Episode+guide+-+BBC+Radio+4&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb036y7ws%2Fepisodes%2Fguide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Hennessy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61134002">"No 10 parties: PM's lockdown fine constitutional crisis, says historian"</a>. 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