Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose

For other people named Jonathan Berry, see Jonathan Berry (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
The Viscount Camrose
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
In office
7 March 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected ereditary peer
6 April 2022 – present
By-election6 April 2022
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Rotherwick
Personal details
Born
Jonathan William Berry

(1970-02-26) February 26, 1970 (age 54)
Political partyConservative
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

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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

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See also: Sunak ministry

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

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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)

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, March 2022: result" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Volume 823: debated on Monday 27 June 2022". UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Viscount Camrose". Gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ^ Hunter, Ross (7 March 2023). "Hereditary peer given ministerial role within year of entering House of Lords". The National.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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
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