Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose
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The Viscount Camrose | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property | |
In office 7 March 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Member of the House of Lords | |
as an elected ereditary peer 6 April 2022 – present | |
By-election | 6 April 2022 |
Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Rotherwick |
Personal details | |
Born | Jonathan William Berry (1970年02月26日) February 26, 1970 (age 54) |
Political party | Conservative |
Parent(s) | Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose Marina Beatrice Sulzberger |
Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 26 February 1970) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.
Early life and education
[edit ]Camrose was born in 1970, the only son of Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose and his wife Marina Beatrice Sulzberger. He is a great-grandson of the newspaper publisher William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and of the politician F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead.
He attended Durham University, completing a Bachelor of Arts in French and German in 1993, and a Masters of Business Administration at Carnegie Mellon University. From 2008 to 2009, he was head of change management at BP and in 2010 he founded Camrose Communications Ltd.[1]
Camrose succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father in 2016.
Parliamentary career
[edit ]In a March 2022 by-election, Camrose was elected to replace Lord Rotherwick in the House of Lords following Rotherwick's retirement in February 2022.[2] He made his maiden speech on 27 June 2022.[3]
In March 2023, Rishi Sunak appointed Camrose a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology where he is Minister for AI and Intellectual Property.[4] Viscount Camrose became the second hereditary peer to be appointed to a ministerial role by Sunak.[5]
Marriage and children
[edit ]Camrose married Aurélie Molin in 1996. They have four children:[6]
- Hon Olivia Grace Berry (born 14 May 1998)
- Hon Hugo William Berry (born 2000), heir apparent to the viscountcy.
- Hon Charlotte Julia Berry (born 2001)
- Hon Tobias Furneaux Berry (born 2003), named after the British navigator Tobias Furneaux.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Camrose, 5th Viscount, (Jonathan William Berry) (born 26 Feb. 1970)" . [[Who's Who (UK)|]]. 1 December 2023. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u287163 . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, March 2022: result" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Volume 823: debated on Monday 27 June 2022". UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Viscount Camrose". Gov.uk . Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Hunter, Ross (7 March 2023). "Hereditary peer given ministerial role within year of entering House of Lords". The National .
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
External links
[edit ]- Viscount Camrose on the UK Parliament site
- Viscount Camrose at gov.uk
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Viscount Camrose 2016–present |
Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Hugo William Berry |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2022–present |
Incumbent |