Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley
Geoffrey Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (born June 29, 1909 in Hendon , † February 28, 1999 in Harborough , Leicestershire ) was a British conservative politician , peer and newspaper editor .
biography
He was the son of James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883-1968), owner of The Sunday Times and Daily Record , from his first marriage to Mary Lilian Holmes. He attended Marlborough College and studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford .
During World War II , Berry served as a captain in the Grenadier Guards until he was wounded in 1942 and retired as an invalid. In 1943 he was elected as the only candidate for MP in the by-election to the House of Commons on April 4 in the Buckingham constituency. In the general election in 1945 , he was defeated by Labor candidate Aidan Crawley .
Berry was executive editor of the Daily Sketch and later vice chairman of Kemsley Newspapers Limited from 1938 to 1959. When his father died in 1968, Berry Viscount Kemsley became a member of the House of Lords . His father's newspaper company was largely sold by then.
Marriage and children
On June 21, 1933 he married Lady Helene Candida Hay (1913-2011), the eldest daughter of William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale . The couple had four daughters:
- Hon. Mary Anne Berry (* 1934) ⚭ Charles Henry van Raalte
- Hon. Pamela Jane Marguerite Berry (1937–2013) ⚭ Sir Gerald Nigel Mobbs
- Hon. Caroline Helen Berry (* 1942) ⚭ John Peter Houison-Craufurd, of Craufurdland and Braehead
- Hon. Catherine Frances Lilian Berry (* 1944) ⚭ Richard Douglas Fowler Bream
Lionel Berry died at 89 on February 28, 1999 in Harborough, Leicestershire. Since he had no male offspring, his nephew Richard Gomer Berry inherited him as Viscount Kemsley.
Web links
- Hon. Lionel Berry at Hansard (English)
- Geoffrey Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gomer Berry |
Viscount Kemsley 1968-1999 |
Richard Berry |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berry, Lionel, 2nd Viscount Kemsley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berry, Geoffrey Lionel; Kemsley, Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Conservative politician, peer and newspaper editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hendon |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1999 |
| Place of death | Harborough , Leicestershire |