William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell

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(18 May 1911 – 3 April 2001), was a British newspaper proprietor and

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Life and career

Berry was the second son of Mary Agnes (Corns) and

William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954) was a British peer and newspaper publisher. Life and career Berry was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, the second of three sons of Mary Ann (Rowe) and John Mathias Ber ...

, and was educated at

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and

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. Berry followed his brother

Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose John Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (12 July 1909 – 15 February 1995) was a British nobleman, politician, and newspaper proprietor. Early life Berry was born in Surrey on 12 July 1909, the eldest son of William Berry, later first Viscoun ...

, as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers. He remained in this role until the takeover by Conrad Black in 1986. He was also the backer behind the arts review, ''X'' magazine. Berry was awarded a

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age as Baron Hartwell, ''of Peterborough Court in the

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'' on 19 January 1968. He succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Camrose in 1995, but disclaimed the title.

Marriage and family

Lord Hartwell married

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(1915–1982), daughter of

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. They had four children together: * Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 - 18 April 2016) *

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Nicholas William Berry (3 July 1942 - 25 December 2016) * Hon. Harriet Mary Margaret Berry (born 8 November 1944)
Hon. Eleanor Agnes Berry
(born 6 May 1950) Hartwell died in

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, London,Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006
/ref> aged 89 and was succeeded in the viscountcy, barony and baronetcy by his elder son.

References

*Cowling, Maurice, ''The Impact of Hitler - British Policies and Policy 1933-1940'',

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, 1975, p. 402,

External links

* *Deedes
‘Berry, (William) Michael, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001)’
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