Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 26 February 1970) is a British hereditary peer and

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politician.

Early life and education

Camrose was born in 1970, the only son of

Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 – 19 April 2016) was a British hereditary peer and journalist Early life and education Berry was born in 1937, the elder son of Michael Berry, who was created Lord Hartwell in 1968 a ...

and his wife Marina Beatrice Sulzberger. He is a great-grandson of the newspaper publisher

William 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 ...

and of the politician

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. He attended

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, completing a

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in French and German in 1993, and a Masters of Business Administration at

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. From 2008 to 2009, he was head of change management at BP and in 2010 he founded Camrose Communications Ltd. Camrose succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father in 2016.

Parliamentary career

In a March 2022 by-election, Camrose was elected to replace Lord Rotherwick in the

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following Rotherwick's retirement in February 2022. He made his

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on 27 June 2022. In March 2023,

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appointed Camrose a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the

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where was Minister for AI and

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. Viscount Camrose became the second

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to be appointed to a ministerial role by Sunak. Following the 2024 General Election Camrose was replaced as Minister for AI and

by Feryal Clark.

Marriage and children

Camrose married Aurélie Molin in 1996. They have four children:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 *

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Olivia Grace Berry (born 14 May 1998) * Hon Hugo William Berry (born 2000),

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to the viscountcy. * Hon Charlotte Julia Berry (born 2001) * Hon Tobias Furneaux Berry (born 2003), named after the British navigator

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References

External links

Viscount Camrose
on the UK Parliament site
Viscount Camrose
at gov.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Camrose, Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount 1970 births Living people Alumni of Durham University Carnegie Mellon University alumni Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers 5 Jonathan Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999