Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 January 1941 for the prominent newspaper magnate
William Berry, 1st Baron Camrose. He had already been created a
Baronet, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton, in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 4 July 1921, and
Baron Camrose, of Long Cross in the County of Surrey, on 19 June 1929, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His second son, the third Viscount,
disclaimed the peerages in 1995 on succeeding his elder brother. However, he had already been created a
life peer as
Baron Hartwell, of Peterborough Court in the City of London, in 1968. On his death in 2001 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the other titles by his eldest son, the fourth Viscount and (as of 2009) present holder of the titles. As of 30 June 2006 he has not successfully proven his succession to the Baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage (for more information follow this
link).
The first three Viscounts all headed The Daily Telegraph at one point, the first having purchased it from the Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, but in the 1980s they lost control to Conrad Black.
The first Viscount was the younger brother of the industrialist Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and the elder brother of fellow press lord Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley.
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Jonathan William Berry (b. 1970)
