Viscount Camrose

Viscount Camrose is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1941 for William Berry, who had in 1929 been created Baron Camrose.The first three Viscounts all headed The Daily Telegraph at one point, the first having purchased it from the 2nd Baron Burnham, but in the 1980s they lost control to Conrad Black.

Related Topics:
Peerage of the United Kingdom - The Daily Telegraph - 2nd Baron Burnham - 1980s - Conrad Black

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The first Viscount was the younger brother of the first and last Lord Buckland, an industrialist, and the elder brother of the 1st Viscount Kemsley, a fellow press lord.

Related Topics:
Lord Buckland - 1st Viscount Kemsley

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The third Viscount disclaimed the Peerage in 1995, but had been created a life peer as Baron Hartwell in 1968. At his death in 2001, his son Adrian succeeded.

Related Topics:
Life peer - 1968

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