Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell
The Lord Hartwell | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as a hereditary peer 15 February 1995 – 11 November 1999 [1] | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Camrose |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as a life peer 19 January 1968 – 3 April 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1911 |
| Died | 3 April 2001 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Eton College Christ Church, Oxford |
William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell MBE (18 May 1911 – 3 April 2001), was a British newspaper proprietor and journalist.
Early life and education
[edit]Berry was the second son of William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and his wife Mary Agnes Corns. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
[edit]Berry followed his elder brother Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, 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.[2]
Berry was awarded a life peerage as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London on 19 January 1968.[3] He succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Camrose in 1995, but disclaimed the title.[4]
Marriage and family
[edit]Lord Hartwell married Lady Pamela Smith (1915–1982), daughter of F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. They had four children together:[5]
- Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 - 18 April 2016)
- Hon 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)
Death
[edit]Lord Hartwell died in Westminster, London,[6] on 3 April 2001 at the age of 89. He was succeeded in the viscountcy, the Camrose barony and baronetcy by his elder son, Adrian. The Hartwell barony became extinct.
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References
[edit]- ^ Disclaimed on 14 March 1995
- ^ "David Wright's and Patrick Swift's legendary X set the common agenda for a generation of European painters, writers and dramatists."-Michael Schmidt (founder of Carcanet Press, editor of Poetry Nation Review and Professor of Poetry at the University of Glasgow) wrote in The Guardian in 2006 [1]
- ^ "No. 44507". The London Gazette. 19 January 1968. p. 759.
- ^ "No. 53981". The London Gazette. 14 March 1995. p. 3955.
- ^ The Peerage, entry for Lord Hartwell
- ^ "Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006". Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
- Cowling, Maurice, The Impact of Hitler - British Policies and Policy 1933-1940, Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 402, ISBN 0-521-20582-4
External links
[edit]- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Hartwell
- Deedes, ‘Berry, (William) Michael, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2005; online edn, Oct 2005, accessed 11 Jan 2008
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