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Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Hampshire, is a title in the
''William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879–1954)''
** 
''William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001) Disclaimed Viscountcy''
*** ''Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937–2016)''
**** 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)
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 on 20 January 1941 for the prominent newspaper magnate William Berry, 1st Baron Camrose. He had previously received the award of Baronet, of Long Cross
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in the County of Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant ur ...
, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
, 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
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...
as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London, 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 '' The Daily Telegraph'' at one point, the first having purchased it from Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, but in the 1980s they lost control to Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, businessman, and writer.
His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadi ...
.
The first Viscount was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland
Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland (17 September 1877 – 23 May 1928), was a Wales, Welsh financier and industrialist.
Background
The eldest of three sons, all born in Merthyr Tydfil to solicitor John Mathias Berry (born 2 May 1847; died 9 ...
, and the elder brother of fellow press lord Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley.
In a March 2022 by-election, the 5th Viscount was elected to replace Lord Rotherwick
Baron Rotherwick, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The title was created on 8 June 1939 for the shipping magnate and Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st B ...
in the House of Lords following Rotherwick's retirement in February 2022.
Viscounts Camrose (1941)
*William Ewart 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 Be ...
(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 heir apparent is the present holder's elder son, the Hon. Hugo William Berry (b. 2000)
Arms
Line of Succession
* ''William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879–1954)''
** ''William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001) Disclaimed Viscountcy''
*** ''Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937–2016)''
**** 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)
See also
* Baron Buckland * Viscount KemsleyNotes
References
*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