Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Kemsley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
28 February 1999 – 11 November 1999
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Kemsley
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
Personal details
Born
Richard Gomer Berry

(1951-04-17) 17 April 1951

Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (born 17 April 1951), is a British hereditary peer who was briefly a member of the House of Lords.

Background

Berry was born on 17 April 1951, the only son of Major Hon. Denis Gomer Berry and his second wife, Pamela Wellesley. Berry's paternal grandfather was Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley. His maternal grandfather was Captain Lord Richard Wellesley, second son of Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington.

Berry was educated at Eton College. He succeeded to the viscountcy and to the subsidiary barony and baronetcy on 28 February 1999 on the death of his uncle, Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley.[1]

Private life

Berry married firstly Tana-Marie Lester, daughter of Clive William Lester, in 1981. There were no children of this marriage. They were divorced in 1988.

He married secondly Elizabeth Jane Barker, daughter of Dennis Norman Barker, on 17 September 1994. They have two children:

  • Hon. Luke Gomer Berry (born 2 February 1998), heir apparent to the viscountcy and other titles.
  • Hon. Jessamine Eleanor Berry (born 26 July 1999)

Notes

  1. ^ Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2129.


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