Camrose, William Ewert Berry (1879-1954)

Welsh journalist and newspaper proprietor. With his brother, James Gomer Berry, he acquired the Sunday Times in 1915 and later the Financial Times. Together they built up the vast aggregation of newspapers, magazines, and annuals known as the Amalgamated Press, with ramifications all over Britain. In 1928 they bought the Daily Telegraph, and Camrose became its editor. The brothers divided their holdings in 1937.

Camrose was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. In 1901 founded the Advertising World in London, England. He was made a baronet in 1921, a baron in 1929, and a viscount in 1941.