Background
He was the eldest son of Sir John Pope-Hennessy Member of Parliament, of Rostellan Castle, County Cork and Catherine Elizabeth Low.
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He was the eldest son of Sir John Pope-Hennessy Member of Parliament, of Rostellan Castle, County Cork and Catherine Elizabeth Low.
He was educated at Beaumont College.
Major-General
They had two sons, James who became a writer and John an art historian. He was Commander of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division and area from 1931-1935. He served as a staff officer at the War Office and was Military Inter-Allied Commissioner of Control in Berlin.
Subsequently he was for three years Military Attaché at Washington.
He took particular interest in military matters and in issues affecting his native Ireland. In 1919 he had published "The Irish Dominion: a Method of Approach to a Settlement".
He was Liberal candidate for the Tonbridge Division of Kent at the 1935 General Election.