Viscount Kemsley

Viscount Kemsley, of Dropmore in Buckingham county, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the press lord Gomer Berry, 1st Baron Kemsley. He had already been created a Baronet, of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham, on 25 January 1928, and Baron Kemsley, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, in 1936, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Berry was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and of fellow newspaper magnate William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose. As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his uncle in 1999.

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The Conservative politician the Hon. Sir Anthony Berry was the youngest son of the first Viscount Kemsley.

The family seat is Church Hill Farm, near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.

Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Luke Gomer Berry (b. 1998).

Line of Succession
  • James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968)[2]
    • Geoffrey Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909–1999)
    • Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry (1911–1983)
      • Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (b. 1951)
        • (1) Hon. Luke Gomer Berry (b. 1998)
        • (2) Hon. Jessamine Eleanor Berry (b. 1999)
    • Hon. Sir Anthony George Berry (1925–1984)
      • (3) Edward Anthony Morys Berry (b. 1960)
        • (4) William Anthony Edward Berry (b. 1993)
      • (5) George Raymond Gomer Berry (b. 1967)

See also

References
  1. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/kemsley1945.htm
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5358.htm#i53573
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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