Harmsworth

This article is about the British Harmsworth family . For more meanings of the term, see Harmsworth (disambiguation) .

Harmsworth is the name of a British family.

The family is originally from Hampshire . In the first half of the 20th century five of the sons of the London attorney Alfred Harmsworth (1837-1889) were accepted into the lower or high nobility . Sections of the family have made considerable fortunes in the media industry.

Nobility title

Members of the family held or have the following titles in the Peerage or Baronetage of the United Kingdom:

• Viscount Northcliffe (1918)
• Viscount Rothermere (1919)
• Baron Northcliffe (1905)
• Baron Rothermere (1914)
• Baron Harmsworth (1939)
• Harmsworth Baronet, of Elmwood and Sutton Place (1904)
• Harmsworth Baronet, of Horsey (1910)
• Harmsworth Baronet, of Moray Lodge (1918)
• Harmsworth Baronet, of Freshwater Grove (1922)

Tribe list

Thomas Harmsworth (* around 1540) to Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889)

1. Thomas Harmsworth (* around 1540)
   1. Thomas Harmsworth († before 1635)
      1. Richard Harmsworth († around 1637)
         1. Richard Harmsworth († before 1663)
            1. Ralph Harmsworth († 1728)
               1. Richard Harmsworth († 1742) ⚭ Anne
                  1. Richard Harmsworth ⚭ 1758 Sarah Black
                     1. John Harmsworth († 1777) ⚭ Mary Reding
                        1. Richard Harmsworth († 1770) ⚭ Martha Bust
                           1. Richard Harmsworth (1759-1823) ⚭ Mary Martin
                              1. Charles Harmsworth (1805–1857) ⚭ Hannah Carter
                                 1. Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889) ⚭ Geraldine Mary Maffett; → Descendants see below

From Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889)

1. Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889) ⚭ Geraldine Mary Maffett; → For ancestors see above
   1. Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922) ⚭ Mary Elizabeth Milner
      1. (illegitimate) Katherine Wrohan ⚭1 Major Robert Edward Field-Marsham, ⚭2 Christopher William Crofts
   2. Geraldine Harmsworth (1866–1945) ⚭ Sir Lucas White King
   3. Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940) ⚭ Mary Lilian Share
      1. Captain Hon. Harold Harmsworth (1894-1918)
      2. Lt. Hon. Vere Harmsworth (1895-1916)
      3. Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978) ⚭1 Margaret Hunam Redhead; ⚭2 Anne Geraldine Mary Charteris; ⚭3 Mary Murchison
         1. 1) Hon. Lorna Harmsworth (1920–2014) ⚭ Major Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key
         2. 1) Hon. Esmé Harmsworth (1922–2011) ⚭1 Lt.-Col. George Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer ; ⚭2 Captain Reinier Gerrit Anton van der Woude
         3. 1) Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998) ⚭1 Patricia Evelyn Beverly Matthews; ⚭2 Maiko Joeong-shun Lee
            1. 1) Hon. Geraldine Harmsworth (* 1957) ⚭1 David Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy; ⚭2 Glyn Maxwell
            2. 1) Hon. Camilla Harmsworth (* 1964) ⚭ Andrew R. Yeates
            3. 1) Harold Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (* 1967) ⚭ Claudia Caroline Clemence
               1. Hon. Vere Harmsworth (* 1994)
               2. Hon. Eleanor Harmsworth (* 1996)
               3. Hon. Theodora Harmsworth (* 2001)
               4. Hon. Iris Harmsworth (* 2004)
               5. Hon. Alfred Harmsworth (* 2010)
         4. 3) Hon. Vyvyan Harmsworth (* 1967)
   4. Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869–1948) ⚭ Emilie Alberta Maffett
      1. Cecil Harmsworth (1898-1899)
      2. Stella Harmsworth (* 1899; † young)
      3. Hon. Daphne Harmsworth (1901–1993) ⚭1 Captain Colin David Brodie; ⚭2 Lt.-Col. Harold Macnelle Dixon
      4. Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Baron Harmsworth (1903–1990) ⚭ Dorothy Alexander Heinlein
         1. Hon. Margaret Harmsworth (1928-2008)
      5. Hon. Eric Harmsworth (1905–1988) ⚭1 Hélène Marie Dehove, ⚭2 Helen Gordon Loch
      6. 1) Thomas Harmsworth, 3rd Baron Harmsworth (* 1939) ⚭ Patricia Palmer Horsley
         1. Hon. Dominic Harmsworth (* 1973) ⚭ Veronica Patricia Ausset
            1. Caroline Harmsworth (* 2001)
            2. Thomas Harmsworth (* 2003)
            3. Sarah Harmsworth (* 2008)
            4. Nicholas Harmsworth (* 2008)
            5. Benjamin Harmsworth (* 2010)
         2. Hon. Philomena Harmsworth (* 1975)
         3. Hon. Sarah Harmsworth (* 1977) ⚭ Valentin Stefan
         4. Hon. Timothy Harmsworth (* 1979)
         5. Hon. Pollyanna Harmsworth (* 1981) ⚭ Timothy Montagu
   5. Sir Robert Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (1870–1937) ⚭ Annie Louisa Scott
      1. Sir Alfred Harmsworth, 2nd Baronet (1892–1962) ⚭ Margaret Florence Ivy Hall
      2. Robert Harmsworth (1893-1920)
      3. Sir Harold Harmsworth (1897-1952)
      4. Annie Harmsworth (* 1900) ⚭ Terry Colley Durham
      5. Violet Harmsworth (* 1902) ⚭ Alexander Godfrey Crosbie Collins
      6. Sir Arthur Harmsworth, 3rd Baronet (1904–1980)
      7. Margaret Harmsworth (* 1911)
   6. Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (1872–1929) ⚭ Kathleen Mary Berton
      1. Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 2nd Baronet (1901–1977) ⚭ Elen Billenstein
         1. Ingeborg Harmsworth (1926–2002) ⚭ Captain Thomas James Johnson
         2. Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 3rd Baronet (* 1931) ⚭ Gillian Andrea Lewis
            1. Claire Harmsworth (born 1961)
            2. Kirsten Harmsworth (* 1963)
            3. Hildebrand Harmsworth (* 1964) ⚭ Ruth Denise Miles
               1. Alice Harmsworth (* 1990)
               2. Grace Harmsworth (* 1991)
               3. Hildebrand Harmsworth (* 1994)
      2. Ronald Harmsworth (1902–1946) ⚭ Elizabeth Bertram Mackay
      3. Chamberlain Harmsworth (1903–1955) ⚭1 Barbara Irene Dean; ⚭2 Lucette Charlotte Riché
         1. 1) Josephine Harmsworth (* 1932)
         2. 1) Melanie Harmsworth (* 1934)
         3. 2) John Harmsworth (* 1949)
         4. 2) Charles Harmsworth (* 1951)
      4. Perceval Harmsworth (1907–1968) ⚭1 Pansy Nina Chambers; ⚭2 Marie Dorothy Miller
   7. Violet Harmsworth (around 1873–1961) ⚭ Lt.-Col. Wilfrid Hubert Wild
   8. Charles Harmsworth (1874-1942)
   9. William Harmsworth (1876-1933)
   10. Maud Harmsworth (* 1877; † young)
   11. Christabel Harmsworth (around 1880–1967) ⚭ Lt.-Col. Percy Collingwood Burton
   12. Vyvyan Harmsworth (1881–1957) ⚭ Constance Gwendolen Mary Catt
       1. St. John Harmsworth (1912–1995) ⚭ Jane Penelope Boothby
          1. Penelope Harmsworth (* 1938) ⚭ Wyndham Parfitt
          2. Sarah Harmsworth (* 1941) ⚭1 Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim ; ⚭2 Oliver Gates
          3. Laura Harmsworth (1944–2009) ⚭ David Henry George Montagu-Douglas-Scott
       2. Charles Harmsworth (1914-1943)
       3. Stanley Harmsworth (1916-1981)
       4. Gwendolen Harmsworth (* 1920)
   13. Muriel Harmsworth (* 1882; † young)
   14. Harry Harmsworth (* 1885; † young)

Web links

• thepeerage.com
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page