Peter Hennessy

thumb|Peter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield 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. Quotes The model of a modern Prime Minister would be a kind of grotesque composite freak—someone with the dedication to duty of a Peel, the physical energy of a Gladstone, the detachment of a Salisbury, the brains of an Asquith, the balls of a Lloyd George, the word-power of a Churchill, the administrative gifts of an Attlee, the style of a Macmillan, the managerialism of a Heath, and the sleep requirements of a Thatcher. Human beings do not come like that. The Hidden Wiring (1995) External links Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Academics from England Category:Historians from England Category:Fellows of the British Academy Category:Journalists from England Category:Catholics from England Category:Harvard University alumni Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:British peers Category:People from London