Viscount Rothermere
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1919 for the press lord Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. He had already been created a Baronet, of Horsey in the County of Norfolk, on 14 July 1910, and Baron Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, in 1914. Every holder of the titles has served as Chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust plc. As of 2009 the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1998.
The first Viscount Rothermere was the younger brother of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful British newspaper and publishing magnate, famed for buying stolid, unprofitable newspapers and transforming them to make them lively and entertaining for the mass market.His company...
and the elder brother of Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth, Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet
Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman and Liberal politician.-Background:...
, and Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.
Viscounts Rothermere (1919)
- Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
- Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount RothermereEsmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount RothermereEsmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere was a British Conservative politician and press magnate.Harmsworth's father, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, had been the financial wizard behind the creation of the Daily Mail in partnership with his brother Alfred Harmsworth,...
(1898–1978) - Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount RothermereVere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount RothermereVere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere became the 3rd Viscount Rothermere in 1978, having been widely known as Vere Harmsworth. He controlled large media interests in the United Kingdom and United States...
(1925–1998) - Harold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount RothermereJonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount RothermereHarold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere succeeded his father as the 4th Viscount Rothermere in 1998...
(b. 1967)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son the Hon. Richard Jonathan Harold Vere Harmsworth (b. 1994)
See also
- Viscount NorthcliffeViscount NorthcliffeViscount Northcliffe, of St Peter in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, It was created in 1918 for the press baron Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Baron Northcliffe. He had already been created a Baronet in 1904 and Baron Northcliffe, of the Isle of Thanet in the County of...
- Baron HarmsworthBaron HarmsworthBaron Harmsworth, of Egham in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the Liberal politician Cecil Harmsworth, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1919 and 1922...
- Harmsworth Baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth Baronets, of Freshwater GroveHarmsworth BaronetsThere have been four Baronetcies created for members of the Harmsworth family, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All four recipients were brothers of each other....