Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley
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James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley GBE (May 7, 1883 - February 6, 1968) was a Welsh newspaper publisher.
Sir Gomer Berry was the third of three brothers from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He originally co-owned The Daily Telegraph with his second brother William and Baron Burnham.
He founded Kemsley Newspapers, which owned The Sunday Times, The Daily Sketch and The Sunday Graphic amongst its titles.
He was created a baronet in 1928, a Baron in 1936, and Viscount Kemsley in 1945 and was succeeded upon his death by his eldest son Lionel.
His youngest son, Conservative politician the Honorable Sir Anthony Berry, was killed by the IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing.
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