Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose

Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 26 February 1970) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.

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 Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Office established
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
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 (1970-02-26) February 26, 1970 (age 54)
Political party	Conservative
Parent(s)	Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose Marina Beatrice Sulzberger

Early life and education

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

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

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

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

External links

• Viscount Camrose on the UK Parliament site
• Viscount Camrose at gov.uk

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Adrian Berry	Viscount Camrose 2016–present	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Hugo William Berry
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Rotherwick	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2022–present	Incumbent