| 词条 | Patrick Hennessy (industrialist) |
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| bgcolour = #6495ED | name = Patrick Hennessy | image = | imagesize = 250px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 18 April 1898 | birth_place = | death_date = 13 March 1981 | death_place = | nationality = British | field = Auto-industry executive | spouse = Dorothy Margaret Davis (m. 1923-1949; her death)}}Sir Patrick Hennessy (18 April 1898 – 13 March 1981) was an Irish-born British industrialist, originally from County Cork. During the First World War he served in the British army, between 1914 and 1918, with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.[1] He started his career in 1920 with Henry Ford & Son in Cork.[1] He relocated to England, by now a separate country, in 1931 when he was appointed Purchasing Manager with Ford of Britain.[1] He was progressively promoted, appointed General Manager in 1939, Managing Director in 1948 and Chairman in 1956.[1] Hennessy combined the role of chairman with that of Chief Executive until 1963, retiring from the chairmanship at the age of 70 on 3 May 1968.[2] His successor at Ford of Britain chairman was Leonard Crossland.[3] Personal lifeIn 1923 he married Dorothy Margaret Davis of Boardmills, County Down.[4] The couple had two sons and one daughter.[4] Patrick Hennessy was knighted in 1941.[4] He died in West Essex early in 1981.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal|title=News and Views: Ford chief retires|journal=Autocar|volume=128 (nbr 3765)|page=29|date=11 April 1968}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hennessy, Patrick}}2. ^{{cite journal|journal=Autocar|volume=128 (nbr 3766)|author=Maurice A Smith (ed)|title=Men of Ford|pages=60–61|date=18 April 1968}} 3. ^{{cite journal|title=News and Views: New Chairman for Ford|journal=Autocar|volume=137 (nbr 3988)|page=2|date=28 September 1972}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal|title=Who's Who 1967|journal=Hennessy, Sir Patrick|page=1388|year=1964}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=5cZ6x8OPQNrg6%2BHiPah7IQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=5 January 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} 7 : 1898 births|1981 deaths|British military personnel of World War I|Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom|Businesspeople from County Cork|Knights Bachelor|Place of death missing |
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