Viscount Rothermere
Viscount Rothermere | |
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Creation date | 1919 |
Created by | George V |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Harold Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth |
Present holder | Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere |
Heir apparent | Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth |
Subsidiary titles | Baron Rothermere |
Seat(s) | Ferne House |
Motto | Bene Qui Sedulo (He who acts diligently acts well) |
Viscount Rothermere, of
Daily Mail and General Trust plc. As of 2022[update]
the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1998.
The first Viscount Rothermere was the younger brother of
Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet
.
The family seat is Ferne House, near Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire.
Viscounts Rothermere (1919)
- Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
- Hon. Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth (1894–1918)
- Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
- Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
- (Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 1967)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 1994).
Line of succession
- Harold Sydney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940)
- Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
- Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
- (Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (b. 1967)
- (1) Hon. Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (b. 1994)
- (2) Hon. Alfred Northcliffe St. John Harmsworth (b. 2010)
- (Harold) Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (b. 1967)
- (3) Hon. (Esmond) Vyvyan Harmsworth (b. 1967)
- Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
- Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898–1978)
See also
- Viscount Northcliffe
- Baron Harmsworth
- Harmsworth baronets, of Moray Lodge, and Harmsworth baronets, of Freshwater Grove
- Rothermere American Institute at University of Oxford
References
- ^ "Page 8221 | Issue 31427, 1 July 1919 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
- ^ "Rothermere, Viscount (UK, 1919)". Archived from the original on 6 December 2014.
- ^ "No. 31427". The London Gazette. 1 July 1919. p. 8221.
- ^ "No. 28400". The London Gazette. 26 July 1910. p. 5392.
- ^ "No. 28797". The London Gazette. 30 January 1914. p. 810.
- General
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]