Anthony Berry

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Sir Anthony George Berry , CStJ (* 12. February 1925 in Eton , Berkshire , † 12. February 1984 in Brighton , East Sussex ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , the 1964-1984 deputy of the lower house ( House of Commons ) was . He was killed in the Brighton Grand Hotel bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Conservative Party Convention on October 12, 1984.

Life

Publishing Manager and Member of the House of Commons

Anthony George Berry was the youngest of seven children of newspaper publisher James Gomer Berry , who was raised to Baron Kemsley , of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham in 1936 , and Viscount Kemsley , of Dropmore in County of Buckingham in 1945 , and his first wife Mary Lilian Holmes. After attending the renowned Eton College , he did military service in the Welsh Guards regiment between 1943 and 1945 during World War II and was last promoted to lieutenant on December 28, 1945 . After the war he took up studies at Christ Church at the University of Oxford , which he finished in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He began his political career in local politics and represented the Conservative Party between 1952 and 1964 as a member of the County Council of Monmouthshire . Full-time, he worked in the press and publishing companies in the family, namely from 1954 to 1959 as director of Kemsley Newspapers Ltd and at the same time from 1955 to 1959 as Managing Director of Western Mail and Echo Ltd . In addition, he completed postgraduate studies at Christ Church at the University of Oxford, which he completed in 1956 with a Master of Arts (MA). On June 20, 1956, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Saint John (OStJ). In 1960 he was magistrate (Justice of the Peace) for Cardiff and in 1960, 1961 and 1962 High Sheriff of the county Glamorgan . On July 3, 1962, he was appointed Commander des Order of Saint John (CStJ).

In the elections of October 15, 1964 Anthony Berry was the conservative Tories in the constituency Southgate (54.75 percent) with 22,251 votes for the first time as a deputy of the lower house ( House of Commons ) and the successor to Beverley Baxter , of that constituency of the Foundation until his death on April 26, 1964. Berry was re-elected with an absolute majority in the following general election and represented the constituency of Enfield until it was renamed Enfield Southgate on June 9, 1983. He then represented the constituency of Enfield Southgate from the general election on June 9, 1983 until his death. Having 1970-1974 in the Cabinet Heath as Parliamentary Private Secretary (Parliamentary Private Secretary) looked, he served from 1975 to 1979 as Parliamentary Secretary ( Whip ) the opposition Tory faction in the lower house.

Government offices and death

After the Conservative Party's electoral victory in the general election on May 3, 1979 , Berry took over in the Thatcher I cabinet on May 7, 1979, initially as Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household . and held this office until his replacement by Carol Mather on September 30, 1981. He then succeeded Spencer Le Marchant between September 30, 1981 and his repeated replacement by Carol Mather on February 17, 1983 as Comptroller of the Household . On February 17, 1983, he finally took over from John Stradling Thomas the office of Treasurer of the Household and held this until June 11, 1983, whereupon John Cope succeeded him. As Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household and Comptroller of the Household, he was initially Whip and most recently as Treasurer of the Household at the same time Deputy Chief Whip and thus Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the government group. As Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer of the Household , he was also an ex officio member of the Board of the Green Cloth , a committee to review the accounts and prepare trips for members of the Royal Household . On November 6, 1983, he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor and has since had the addition of "Sir".

Berry was killed and four other people in the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton , which was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the convention of the Conservative Party on October 12, 1984 by Patrick Magee . After the attack, there was a by-election in the Enfield South constituency , in which Michael Portillo was elected as the new MP in the lower house.

Marriages and family members

Anthony George Berry was married twice. His marriage to Mary Cynthia Burke Roche, a daughter of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy , which was closed on November 25, 1954 and divorced in 1966 , resulted in three daughters and a son, including peace activist Jo Berry , who was married to Patrick Magee, the assassin of her father, who spoke several times at public events after his release in 1999. On April 5, 1966, Berry married Sarah Anne Clifford-Turner, daughter of the solicitor Raymond Clifford-Turner. From this marriage another son and daughter were born.

His eldest brother Geoffrey Lionel Berry was between 1943 and 1945 also deputy of the lower house, and he inherited after his father's death in 1968 the title of the second Viscount Kemsley, he that a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) was. His only sister, Mary Pamela Berry, was married to Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly . His sister-in-law from his first marriage, Frances Ruth Burke Roche, was married to Edward John "Johnnie" Spencer , who later became the 8th Earl Spencer , and was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales . An uncle and older brother of his father was the entrepreneur Henry Seymour Berry , who was promoted to 1st Baron Buckland in 1926. Another uncle and older brother of his father was the newspaper publisher William Ewart Berry , who was promoted to 1st Baron Camrose in 1929 and 1st Viscount Camrose in 1939.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37467, HMSO, London, February 12, 1946, p. 953 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 40818, HMSO, London, June 29, 1956, p. 3804 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42193, HMSO, London, November 15, 1960, p. 7745 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42513, HMSO, London, November 14, 1961, p. 8265 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42623, HMSO, London, March 16, 1962, p. 2145 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 42722, HMSO, London, July 3, 1962, p. 5306 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  7. ^ Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ( Hansard )
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 47839, HMSO, London, May 11, 1979, p. 6159 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  9. ↑ London Gazette . No. 48757, HMSO, London, October 6, 1981, p. 12637 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  10. ↑ Controller of the Household ( Hansard )
  11. ↑ London Gazette . No. 49275, HMSO, London, February 25, 1983, p. 2785 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  12. ↑ Treasurer of the Household ( Hansard )
  13. ↑ London Gazette . No. 49390, HMSO, London, February 25, 1983, p. 8077 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  14. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  15. ↑ London Gazette . No. 49575, HMSO, London, December 20, 1983, p. 16802 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
  16. ↑ London Gazette . No. 49962, HMSO, London, December 19, 1984, p. 17164 ( PDF , accessed January 2, 2019, English).
personal data
SURNAME Berry, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berry, Sir Anthony George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Eton , Berkshire
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1984
Place of death Brighton , East Sussex