William Michael Berry,Baron Hartwell MBE (18 May 1911 –3 April 2001),was a British newspaper proprietor and journalist.
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.
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. [2]
Berry was awarded a life peerage as Baron Hartwell,of Peterborough Court in the City of London on 19 January 1968. [3] He succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Camrose in 1995,but disclaimed the title. [4]
Lord Hartwell married Lady Pamela Smith (1915–1982),daughter of F. E. Smith,1st Earl of Birkenhead. They had four children together: [5]
Lord Hartwell died in Westminster,London, [6] 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.
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