Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose

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Aurélie Molin
(m. 1996)
The Viscount Camrose
Official portrait of Viscount Camrose crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
In office
7 March 2023 5 July 2024
Children4
Parent(s) Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose
Marina Beatrice Sulzberger

Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 26 February 1970) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.

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Early life and education

Camrose was born in 1970, the only son of Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose and his wife Marina Beatrice Sulzberger. He is a great-grandson of the newspaper publisher William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and of the politician F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead.

He attended Durham University, completing a Bachelor of Arts in French and German in 1993, and a Masters of Business Administration at Carnegie Mellon University. [1] From 2008 to 2009, he was head of change management at BP and in 2010 he founded Camrose Communications Ltd. [2]

Camrose succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father in 2016.

Parliamentary career

In a March 2022 by-election, Camrose was elected to replace Lord Rotherwick in the House of Lords following Rotherwick's retirement in February 2022. [3] He made his maiden speech on 27 June 2022. [4]

In March 2023, Rishi Sunak appointed Camrose a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology where was Minister for AI and Intellectual Property. [5] Viscount Camrose became the second hereditary peer to be appointed to a ministerial role by Sunak. [6]

Following the 2024 General Election Camrose was replaced as Minister for AI and Intellectual Property by Feryal Clark. [7]

Marriage and children

Camrose married Aurélie Molin in 1996. They have four children: [8]

References

  1. "September 2025". Class Notes. Durham University. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. "Camrose, 5th Viscount, (Jonathan William Berry) (born 26 Feb. 1970)" . [[Who's Who (UK)|]]. 1 December 2023. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u287163 . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, March 2022: result" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. "Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Volume 823: debated on Monday 27 June 2022". UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. "Viscount Camrose". Gov.uk . Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  6. Hunter, Ross (7 March 2023). "Hereditary peer given ministerial role within year of entering House of Lords". The National .
  7. "Feryal Clark MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Camrose
2016–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Hugo William Berry
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2022–present
Incumbent