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Jonathan William Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose (born 26 February 1970) is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.
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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 February 26, 1970 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Parent(s) | Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose Marina Beatrice Sulzberger |
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.
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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]
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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)
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