Jean Hennessy

Jean Patrick Hennessy (26 April 1874 – 4 November 1944) was a French politician. Early life Hennessy was born at Cherves-Richemont in the Charente département on 26 April, 1874. son of Maurice Hennessy and his wife Jeanne, née Foussat. His family, of Irish origin, were the proprietors of the Hennessy cognac business, now part of LVMH. Career Hennessy was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in the French elections on 1924 for the Cartel des Gauches. In doing so, he continued the tradition begun by his great-grandfather Jacques Hennessy, an Orléanist deputy from 1824 to 1842, and his grand-uncle Auguste Hennessy, senator from 1876 to 1879. Hennessy was re-elected in the election of 1928 and served as agriculture minister from 1928 to 1930, and then as French ambassador to Switzerland. His elder brother, James Hennessy had been elected before him to Parliament as député and senator, but he chose to dedicate himself to the management of the family business.