Viscount Camrose, of

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in the County of Hampshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 January 1941 for the prominent newspaper magnate

William Berry, 1st Baron 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 ...

. He had previously received the award of Baronet, of Long Cross in the County of Surrey, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 4 July 1921, and was created Baron Camrose, of Long Cross in the County of Surrey, on 19 June 1929, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His second son, the third Viscount, disclaimed the peerages in 1995 on succeeding his elder brother. However, he had already been created a life peer as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the

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, on 19 January 1968. On his death in 2001 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the other titles by his eldest son, the fourth Viscount. The first three Viscounts all headed ''

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'' at one point, the first having purchased it from

Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, (18 December 1862 – 20 July 1933) was a British newspaper proprietor. He was originally a Liberal politician before joining the Liberal Unionist Party in the late 1890s. He sat in the Hou ...

, but in the 1980s they lost control to Conrad Black. The first Viscount was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and the elder brother of fellow press lord

Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, GBE (7 May 1883 – 6 February 1968) was a Welsh colliery owner and newspaper publisher. Background Berry was born the son of John Mathias and Mary Ann (née Rowe) Berry, of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He w ...

. In a March 2022 by-election, the 5th Viscount was elected to replace Lord Rotherwick in the

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following Rotherwick's retirement in February 2022.

Viscounts Camrose (1941)

* William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879–1954) * John Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (1909–1995) * William Michael Berry, 3rd Viscount Camrose, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001) (disclaimed 1995) * Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937–2016) * Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (b. 1970) The

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is the present holder's elder son, the Hon. Hugo William Berry (b. 2000)

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''William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879–1954)'' ** Coronet of a British Baron

''William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001) Disclaimed Viscountcy'' *** Coronet of a British Viscount

''Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937–2016)'' **** Coronet of a British Viscount

Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 1970) ***** (1) ''Hon.'' Hugo William Berry (b. 2000) ***** (2) ''Hon.'' Tobias Furneaux Berry (b. 2003) *** ''Hon. Nicholas William Berry (1942–2016)'' **** (3) William Alexander Berry (b. 1978) ** ''Col. Hon. Julian Berry (1920–1988)'' *** (4) Simon Ewert Berry (b. 1955)

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camrose Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1941

Viscounts Camrose (1941)

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