Viscount Rothermere, of
Hemsted in the
county of Kent, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the press lord
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. He had already been created a
baronet
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, of
Horsey in the County of
Norfolk
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, on 14 July 1910, and Baron Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of
Kent
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, 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, near
Donhead St Andrew
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,
Wiltshire
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.
Harmsworth baronets (1910)
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Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (1868–1940) (created Baron Rothermere in 1914)
Baron Rothermere (1914)
*
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Baron Rothermere (1868–1940) (created Viscount Rothermere in 1919)
Viscount Rothermere (1919)
*
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
**Hon. Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth (1894–1918)
*
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
*
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
*
(Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 1967)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 1994).
Line of succession
* ''
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)''
** ''
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)''
*** ''
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)''
****
(Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 1967)
*****(1) ''Hon.'' Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 1994)
*****(2) ''Hon.'' Alfred Northcliffe St. John Harmsworth (born 2010)
See also
*
Viscount Northcliffe
*
Baron Harmsworth
*
Harmsworth baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth baronets, of Freshwater Grove
*
Rothermere American Institute at
University of Oxford
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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
Viscount
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is ...
Noble titles created in 1919