Patrick Hennessey (barrister)
Patrick Rupert Hennessey (born August 1982) is a British barrister, author, journalist and former British Army officer.
Education[edit]
Hennessey was educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford.[1] He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2004, and was the winner of the Queen’s Medal on his commissioning course.
Military career[edit]
From Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in January 2005.[2] He was deployed to the Balkans, Africa, South East Asia, and the Falkland Islands, and saw active service in the Iraq War and Afghanistan.[3] He retired from the army in 2009 with the rank of captain.[4]
Legal career[edit]
After training at BPP Law School, Hennessey qualified as a barrister in 2010. Since then he has been practising with 39 Essex Chambers, based in London.[5]
Media[edit]
Hennessey reported as a special foreign correspondent for The Times and has written numerous newspaper, magazine and journal articles in the UK and the USA.[6] Hennessey wrote and presented a documentary entitled Kipling’s Indian Adventure which was shown on BBC Two in February 2016.[7][8]
The programme looked into Rudyard Kipling's early life and career in India. He has written two books, both of which are accounts of his time as a British Army officer.[9][10] He is a member of the Royal United Services Institute and is a regular media commentator on defence and legal matters.[citation needed]
Publications[edit]
- The Junior Officers’ Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars (2009)
- Kandak (2012)
References[edit]
- ^ "Patrick Hennessey profile". unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "No. 57541". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 January 2005. p. 834.
- ^ "Former soldier tells of why he went to war in Iraq". Evening Standard. London, UK. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Patrick Hennessey Biography". Penguin Books.
- ^ "39 Essex Chambers - Patrick Hennessey - 39 Essex Chambers". 39 Essex Chambers. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Hennessey, Patrick (23 January 2011). "Once upon a life: Patrick Hennessey". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ BBC - Kipling's Indian Adventure; retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Mount, Harry (21 February 2016). "Why the long-held view of Kipling is just so wrong". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Tonkin, Boyd (25 June 2009). "The Junior Officers' Reading Club". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Edis, Rupert (11 September 2012). "Kandak by Patrick Hennessey: review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- British Army personnel of the Iraq War
- British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- British barristers
- British journalists
- British non-fiction writers
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Grenadier Guards officers
- People educated at Berkhamsted School
- 21st-century King's Counsel