Pamela Margaret Elizabeth Berry, Baroness Hartwell (''née'' Smith; 16 May 1914 – 7 January 1982), was an English socialite, known for her political

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. She was part of the

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crowd, and

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wrote an entry about her in his ''

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''. She became one of Britain's museum leaders. Born in

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, the youngest child of

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), known as F. E. Smith, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chan ...

, and Margaret Eleanor Furneaux, daughter of academic

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, she was called Lady Pamela. When she was still in her teens,

wrote of her and her sister

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in ''

'', "Pamela is like the little Robinetta of Sir Joshua Reynolds with the thrush on her raised shoulder." In 1936, she married Michael Berry who held positions at London newspapers, as editor-in-chief and chairman of ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was briefly 3rd

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before disclaiming the title. The couple had four children:

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(1937–2016), Hon. Nicholas William Berry (1942–2016), Hon. Harriet Mary Margaret Berry (b. 1944), and Hon. Eleanor Agnes Berry (b. 1950). Lady Pamela's interest in American politics led her to observing presidential candidates, traveling along with them on planes and buses after the 1950s. In the 1970s, she sat on the

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's advisory council (1973 to 1978) and was chairman of the

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Society for four years before becoming a trustee of the museum in 1979. She also presided over the

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and was active in the British section of the

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, working to promote British fashions internationally. She died on 7 January 1982.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Pamela 1914 births 1982 deaths

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