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LifeEarly life and educationMenhennet was born in Redruth, Cornwall,[2] the son of William and Everill Menhennet.[3] He attended Truro School on a scholarship and excelled in languages,[3] going on to graduate with a first in French and German from Oriel College, Oxford.[2][3] He then moved to Queen's College to study for a D.Phil in 18th century French literature.[3] House of Commons careerHe became a clerk in the Commons Library in 1954.[2] When given responsibility for the research area in 1964 he introduced a system of comprehensive daily briefings for MPs,[2][3] and he was promoted to Deputy Librarian in 1967.[3] When Speaker George Thomas appointed him 10th Librarian of the Commons Library in 1976,[1][3] he began a process of modernisation.[2] He set up the Public Information Office (now the House of Commons Information Office) in 1978,[3] and electronic publication began the same year, when the Library contributed to the Prestel viewdata system, which at one time had 90,000 subscribers.[3] Computerisation of the Library's information systems began in 1979 with the creation of the Parliamentary On-Line Information System (POLIS).[3] He also established a service for schools.[3] The new systems introduced by Menhennet enabled MPs to find and check information far more easily, and were used particularly often by Gordon Brown and Tony Blair while in opposition.[2][3] Menhennet hosted international conferences at Westminster, and also acted as an adviser to other parliaments.[3] His last reform was to ban smoking in the library.[2][3] Other activitiesIn 1964 Menhennet was a founder member of the Study of Parliament Group, and also chaired the British Library's Advisory Committee on Bibliographic Services from 1986 to 1992.[3] He also wrote a number of books about Parliament.[3] After his retirement in 1991 he was a visiting research fellow at Goldsmith's College.[3] Menhennet was a life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a freeman of the City of London and a liveryman of the Stationer's Company.[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Queen's 1991 Birthday Honours.[3] Personal lifeDavid Menhennet married Audrey Holmes in 1954. He died on 5 February 2016, survived by Audrey and their two sons.[3] Books
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References{{Portal|Libraries}}1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Factsheet G18: The House of Commons Library|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/g18.pdf|website=parliament.uk|publisher=House of Commons Information Office|accessdate=13 February 2017}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Menhennet, David}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|title=Been and gone: the refugee behind television's famous pigs|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35705298|accessdate=13 February 2017|work=BBC News|date=3 March 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite news|title=David Menhennet, commons librarian: Obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12173500/David-Menhennet-Commons-librarian-obituary.html|accessdate=13 February 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 February 2016}} 9 : 1928 births|2016 deaths|People from Redruth|Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford|English librarians|Clerks of the House of Commons|Freemen of the City of London|Companions of the Order of the Bath|People educated at Truro School |
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