Viscount Kemsley, ofDropmore inBuckingham county, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the press lordGomer Berry, 1st Baron Kemsley. He had already been created aBaronet, ofDropmore in the County of Buckingham, on 25 January 1928, andBaron Kemsley, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, in 1936, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Berry was the younger brother of the industrialistHenry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, and of fellow newspaper magnateWilliam Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose. As of 2017[update] the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his uncle in 1999.
TheConservative politician the Hon.Sir Anthony Berry was the youngest son of the first Viscount Kemsley.
The family seat is Church Hill Farm, nearBrockenhurst,Hampshire.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Luke Gomer Berry (born 1998).
(James) Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1883–1968)[citation needed](Geoffrey) Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909–1999)Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (born 1951)
