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Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose
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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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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.[1] From 2008 to 2009, he was head of change management at BP and in 2010 he founded Camrose Communications Ltd.[2]
Camrose succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father in 2016.
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Parliamentary career
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.[3] He made his maiden speech on 27 June 2022.[4]
In March 2023, Rishi Sunak appointed Camrose a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology where was Minister for AI and Intellectual Property.[5] Viscount Camrose became the second hereditary peer to be appointed to a ministerial role by Sunak.[6]
Following the 2024 General Election Camrose was replaced as Minister for AI and Intellectual Property by Feryal Clark.[7]
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Marriage and children
Camrose married Aurélie Molin in 1996. They have four children:[8]
- 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), named after the British navigator Tobias Furneaux.
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