David Valentine Hennessy

Sir David Valentine Hennessy (1858–1923) was an Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Victoria.

Hennessy started a similar bakery in Brunswick, which was successful, and after making a fortune in land speculation relinquished the business to his brother.

[6] Hennessy married Mary Quinlan-Daly in 1896 and had a home at Clendon Road, Toorak.

Lady Hennessy was a noted linguist, president of Melbourne's Alliance Française and prominent in several patriotic and social causes.

[6] They had three daughters: He had a son by a previous marriage, who ran a large business[10] and was reportedly a first lieutenant with the First AIF fighting in France.