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. It was created in 1945 for the press lord Gomer Berry, 1st Baron Kemsley. He had already been created a Baronet, of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham, on 25 January 1928, and Baron Kemsley, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, in 1936, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Berry was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and of fellow newspaper magnate

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. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his uncle in 1999. The

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was the youngest son of the first Viscount Kemsley. The family seat is Church Hill Farm, near

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Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

* (James) Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968) * (Geoffrey) Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909–1999) * Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (born 1951) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Luke Gomer Berry (born 1998).

Line of succession

'' (James) Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968)'' ** Coronet of a British Viscount

'' (Geoffrey) Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909–1999)'' ** ''Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry (1911–1983)'' *** Coronet of a British Viscount

Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (born 1951) **** (1) ''Hon.'' Luke Gomer Berry (born 1998) **** (2) '' Hon.'' Jessamine Eleanor Berry (born 1999) ** ''Hon. Sir

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(1925–1984)'' *** (3) Edward Anthony Morys Berry (born 1960) **** (4) William Anthony Edward Berry (born 1993) *** (5) George Raymond Gomer Berry (born 1967)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemsley Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1945

Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

Line of succession

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