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Anthony Berry
Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government.
Berry sat in the House of Commons for twenty years until being killed in the Brighton hotel bombing of 1984 by the Provisional IRA.
Born at Eton, Buckinghamshire, Berry was the sixth and youngest son of the newspaper magnate Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary née Holmes.
Educated at Eton College, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford (graduating MA), before serving as a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards from 1943 to 1947.
After resigning his commission in the Guards, Berry went into journalism. He was an Assistant Editor of The Sunday Times from 1952 to 1954, when he was appointed as Editor of the Sunday Chronicle.
Berry served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1962/63.
Standing as a Conservative, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Southgate (later Enfield Southgate) at the 1964 general election, and served in Margaret Thatcher's government after the Conservatives won the 1979 general election as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1979 and 1981, then as Comptroller of the Household from 1981 to 1983, and was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1983. Berry was knighted in December 1983.
On 12 October 1984, Berry was murdered in the Brighton hotel bombing, when a bomb was planted at the Grand Brighton Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference. He was 59. Sir Anthony was survived by his wife, Lady Berry, who was injured in the blast. His death occurred three days before the 20th anniversary of his first election to Parliament in 1964.
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Anthony Berry
Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government.
Berry sat in the House of Commons for twenty years until being killed in the Brighton hotel bombing of 1984 by the Provisional IRA.
Born at Eton, Buckinghamshire, Berry was the sixth and youngest son of the newspaper magnate Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary née Holmes.
Educated at Eton College, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford (graduating MA), before serving as a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards from 1943 to 1947.
After resigning his commission in the Guards, Berry went into journalism. He was an Assistant Editor of The Sunday Times from 1952 to 1954, when he was appointed as Editor of the Sunday Chronicle.
Berry served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1962/63.
Standing as a Conservative, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Southgate (later Enfield Southgate) at the 1964 general election, and served in Margaret Thatcher's government after the Conservatives won the 1979 general election as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1979 and 1981, then as Comptroller of the Household from 1981 to 1983, and was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1983. Berry was knighted in December 1983.
On 12 October 1984, Berry was murdered in the Brighton hotel bombing, when a bomb was planted at the Grand Brighton Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference. He was 59. Sir Anthony was survived by his wife, Lady Berry, who was injured in the blast. His death occurred three days before the 20th anniversary of his first election to Parliament in 1964.