Viscount Rothermere

Viscount Rothermere, of Hemsted in the county of Kent,^[1][2] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the press lord Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.^[3] He had already been created a baronet, of Horsey in the County of Norfolk, on 14 July 1910,^[4] and Baron Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, in 1914.^[5] Every holder of the titles has served as chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust plc. As of 2022^[update] the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1998.

Viscount Rothermere
Arms of the 4th Viscount
Creation date	1919
Created by	George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth
Present holder	Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere
Heir apparent	Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth
Subsidiary titles	Baron Rothermere
Seat(s)	Ferne House
Motto	Bene Qui Sedulo (He who acts diligently acts well)

Harold Harmsworth,
1st Viscount Rothermere

The first Viscount Rothermere was the younger brother of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and the elder brother of Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth, Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, and Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet.

The family seat is Ferne House, near Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire.

Viscounts Rothermere (1919)

• Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
  • Hon. Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth (1894–1918)
• Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
• Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
• (Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 1967)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 1994).

Line of succession

• Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
  • Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
    • Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
      • (Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (b. 1967)
        • (1) Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (b. 1994)
        • (2) Hon. Alfred Northcliffe St. John Harmsworth (b. 2010)
    • (3) Hon. (Esmond) Vyvyan Harmsworth (b. 1967)

See also

• Viscount Northcliffe
• Baron Harmsworth
• Harmsworth baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth baronets, of Freshwater Grove
• Rothermere American Institute at University of Oxford

References

1. "Page 8221 | Issue 31427, 1 July 1919 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
2. "Rothermere, Viscount (UK, 1919)". Archived from the original on 6 December 2014.
3. "No. 31427". The London Gazette. 1 July 1919. p. 8221.
4. "No. 28400". The London Gazette. 26 July 1910. p. 5392.
5. "No. 28797". The London Gazette. 30 January 1914. p. 810.

General

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}