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.
[2] He relocated to England, by now a separate country, in 1931 when he was appointed Purchasing Manager with Ford of Britain.
[2] 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.
[4] In 1923 he married Dorothy Margaret Davis of Boardmills, County Down.