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 2013 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his uncle in 1999.

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

Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

(James) Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968)
(Geoffrey) Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909–1999)
Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (b. 1951)

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

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Haberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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Viscount Kemsley

Viscounts Kemsley (1945)

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