Viscount Rothermere, of
Hemsted in the
county of Kent, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created in 1919 for the press lord
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. He had already been created a
baronet, of
Horsey in the County of
Norfolk, on 14 July 1910, and Baron Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of
Kent, in 1914.
Every holder of the titles has served as chairman of
Daily Mail and General Trust plc. the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1998.
The first Viscount Rothermere was the younger brother of
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and the elder brother of
Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth,
Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, and
Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.
The family seat is
Ferne House
Ferne House is a country house in the parish of Donhead St Andrew in Wiltshire, England, owned by Viscount Rothermere.
There has been a settlement on the site since 1225 AD. The current house, known as Ferne Park and the third to occupy the sit ...
, near
Donhead St Andrew
Donhead St Andrew is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the River Nadder. It lies east of the Dorset market town of Shaftesbury. The parish includes the hamlets of West End, Milkwell and (on the A30) Brook Waters.
Ferne House ...
,
Wiltshire.
Viscounts Rothermere (1919)
*
Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
**Hon. Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth (1894–1918)
*
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (29 May 1898 – 12 July 1978) was a British Conservative politician and press magnate.
Early life
Harmsworth was the third son of Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, who had founded the ...
(1898–1978)
*
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
*
(Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 1967)
The
heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 1994).
Line of succession
* ''
Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)''
** ''
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (29 May 1898 – 12 July 1978) was a British Conservative politician and press magnate.
Early life
Harmsworth was the third son of Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, who had founded the ...
(1898–1978)''
*** ''
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)''
****
(Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (b. 1967)
*****(1) ''Hon.'' Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (b. 1994)
*****(2) ''Hon.'' Alfred Northcliffe St. John Harmsworth (b. 2010)
***(3) ''Hon.'' (Esmond) Vyvyan Harmsworth (b. 1967)
See also
*
Viscount Northcliffe
*
Baron Harmsworth
*
Harmsworth baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth baronets, of Freshwater Grove
*
Rothermere American Institute at
University of Oxford
References
;General
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Noble titles created in 1919