Viscount Kemsley

Coat of arms of the Viscounts Kemsley

Viscount Kemsley , of Dropmore in County of Buckingham , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on September 12, 1945 for the newspaper magnate Gomer Berry, 1st Baron Kemsley .

He was already on January 25, 1928 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom to Baronet , of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham, and on February 3, 1936 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Baron Kemsley , of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham.

Today's title holder is his grandson Richard Berry as 3rd Viscount.

List of Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968)
Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909-1999)
Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (* 1951)

Title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Luke Berry (* 1998).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The London Gazette : No. 37267, p. 4587 , September 14, 1945.
^ The London Gazette: 33353, 757 , February 3, 1928.
^ The London Gazette: No. 34252, p. 730 , February 4, 1936.

Literature and web links

Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

[tLG-1] The London Gazette : No. 37267, p. 4587 , September 14, 1945.

[2] The London Gazette: 33353, 757 , February 3, 1928.

[3] The London Gazette: No. 34252, p. 730 , February 4, 1936.