Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell

The Right Honourable The Lord Hartwell MBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 15 February 1995 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Camrose
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
as a life peer 19 January 1968 – 3 April 2001
Personal details
Born	18 May 1911
Died	3 April 2001(2001-04-03) (aged 89)
Alma mater	Eton College Christ Church, Oxford

William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell MBE (18 May 1911 – 3 April 2001), was a British newspaper proprietor and journalist.

Early life and education

Berry was the second son of William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and his wife Mary Agnes Corns. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

Berry followed his elder brother Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers. He remained in this role until the takeover by Conrad Black in 1986. He was also the backer behind the arts review, X magazine.

Berry was awarded a life peerage as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London on 19 January 1968. He succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Camrose in 1995, but disclaimed the title.

Marriage and family

Lord Hartwell married Lady Pamela Smith (1915–1982), daughter of F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. They had four children together:

• Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 - 18 April 2016)
• Hon Nicholas William Berry (3 July 1942 - 25 December 2016)
• Hon. Harriet Mary Margaret Berry (born 8 November 1944)
• Hon. Eleanor Agnes Berry (born 6 May 1950)

Death

Lord Hartwell died in Westminster, London, on 3 April 2001 at the age of 89. He was succeeded in the viscountcy, the Camrose barony and baronetcy by his elder son, Adrian. The Hartwell barony became extinct.

Coat of arms of Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell

Crest A griffin sejant reguardant Sable collared Or. Escutcheon Argent three bars Gules over all a pile Ermine. Supporters Dexter a stag, sinister a wolf, Proper both collared Or and standing on a compartment with a well between paving to the dexter and grass to the sinister Proper.

References

• Cowling, Maurice, The Impact of Hitler - British Policies and Policy 1933-1940, Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 402, ISBN 0-521-20582-4

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Hartwell
• Deedes, ‘Berry, (William) Michael, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2005; online edn, Oct 2005, accessed 11 Jan 2008