Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell
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William Michael Berry, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell MBE (28 May 1911-3 April 2001) was a newspaper proprietor and journalist.
Michael Berry was the second son of the 1st Viscount Camrose. He succeeded his brother Seymour, the 2nd Viscount 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 educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and married Lady Pamela Smith, a daughter of F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. They had two sons Adrian, the 4th Viscount and Nicholas.
He was a friend of Randolph Churchill, and Neville Chamberlain believed that he was responsible for some of the criticism of the Prime Minister which appeared in The Daily Telehraph.
Berry was awarded a life peerage as Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London in 1968 and disclaimed the Viscountcy following his brother's death.
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