William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell MBE (18 May 1911 – 3 April 2001), was a British newspaper proprietor and

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Life and career

Berry was the second son of Mary Agnes (Corns) and

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 Ber ...

, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Berry followed his brother

Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose John Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (12 July 1909 – 15 February 1995) was a British nobleman, politician, and newspaper proprietor. Early life Berry was born in Surrey on 12 July 1909, the eldest son of William Berry, later first Viscoun ...

, as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the '' Daily'' and '' Sunday Telegraph'' newspapers. He remained in this role until the takeover by Conrad Black in 1986. He was also the backer behind the arts review, ''X'' magazine. Berry was awarded a life peerage as Baron Hartwell, ''of Peterborough Court in the

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'' on 19 January 1968. He succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Camrose in 1995, but disclaimed the title.

Marriage and family

Lord Hartwell married Lady Pamela Smith (1915–1982), daughter of

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), known as F. E. Smith, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chan ...

. They had four children together: * Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 - 18 April 2016) *

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Nicholas William Berry (3 July 1942 - 25 December 2016) * Hon. Harriet Mary Margaret Berry (born 8 November 1944)
Hon. Eleanor Agnes Berry
(born 6 May 1950) Hartwell died in

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, London,Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006
/ref> aged 89 and was succeeded in the viscountcy, barony and baronetcy by his elder son.

References

*Cowling, Maurice, ''The Impact of Hitler - British Policies and Policy 1933-1940'',

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, 1975, p. 402,

External links

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‘Berry, (William) Michael, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001)’
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