The Glasgow Evening News was an important Scottish newspaper in the early 20th century. It was founded as the Glasgow Evening Post in 1866 and became the Evening News in 1915.
12-696: In 1922, Gomer Berry (later 1st Viscount Kemsley) bought the Glasgow Evening News and the sister papers the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail , for £1 million. He formed a controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd . Kemsley sold all three papers to the London-based Mirror Group in 1955. The journalist and author Neil Munro was editor for a time, and his Erchie MacPherson and Para Handy stories were first published in
24-818: A Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for "political and public service". Lord Kemsley married twice. He married firstly in 1907 Mary Lilian Holmes, daughter of Horace George Holmes and Mary Johnston née Macgregor, with whom he had six sons and a daughter: His first wife died on 1 February 1928 and on 30 April 1931 he married Marie Edith Dresselhuys ( née Merandon du Plessis), daughter of E. N. Merandon du Plessis, heir of an old British colonial sugar estate in Mauritius , and mother of socialite Ghislaine Dresselhuys from her first marriage. There were no children of this marriage. Viscount Kemsley died in 1968 at
36-702: A controlling company known as Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd . In 1924, the Berry Brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe (later 1st Baron Iliffe) formed Allied Newspapers . The consortium's initial acquisitions included the Daily Dispatch , the Manchester Evening Chronicle , the Sunday Chronicle , and the Sunday Graphic , as well as a string of other newspapers across the country, including
48-612: The Welsh newspaper the Western Mail . In 1927, the Berrys purchased The Daily Telegraph from Lord Burnham . In 1945, after the dissolution of Allied Newspapers, Kemsley founded Kemsley Newspapers , which owned The Sunday Times , The Daily Sketch and The Sunday Graphic amongst other titles. Berry was chairman of the Reuters News Agency from 1951 to 1958. In 1954, Berry
60-706: The age of 84 and was buried in St Anne's churchyard, Dropmore. Marie Edith, Viscountess Kemsley OBE was buried with him following her death on 12 September 1976. He was succeeded in the viscountcy and other titles by his eldest son Lionel . His youngest son, Conservative politician the Honourable Sir Anthony Berry , was killed by the IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing . As owner of Kemsley Newspapers, Viscount Kemsley made several written contributions to his in-house journal The Kemsley Writer . Kemsley also oversaw
72-548: The newspaper. The newspaper closed in January 1957. This Scottish newspaper-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley , GBE (7 May 1883 – 6 February 1968) was a Welsh colliery owner and newspaper publisher . Berry was born the son of John Mathias and Mary Ann ( née Rowe) Berry, of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales . He
84-536: The provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 , on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff . The title of sheriff is therefore much older than the other Crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire , which came about in 1535. Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire , which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity,
96-550: The publication of the large format hardcover book The Kemsley Manual of Journalism (Cassell, 1950). Sub-titled A Comprehensive Guide to the Practice and Principles of Modern Journalism , this featured an introduction by Kemsley and an essay from his Foreign Manager Ian Fleming , later the author of the James Bond novels. High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire , in common with other counties,
108-605: Was deputy chairman.) Berry was created a baronet in 1928, and was appointed as an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in 1931. In 1936, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kemsley , of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, and advanced to Viscount Kemsley , of Dropmore in the County of Buckingham, in 1945. In 1929 he was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and in 1959,
120-600: Was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown . Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under
132-642: Was part of the Kemsley-Winnick consortium , which won the initial ITV weekend contracts for the Midlands and the North of England. Berry had cold feet over the financial risk , and withdrew, causing the consortium to collapse. In 1959, Kemsley Newspapers was bought by Lord Thomson , ironically enabled by Thomson's profits from Scottish Television . At the time of the sale, Lord Kemsley was editor-in-chief of The Sunday Times ; his son Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley ,
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#1732852588393144-565: Was the younger brother of Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland , an industrialist, and William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose , a fellow press lord. Berry entered the newspaper business in 1915, purchasing The Sunday Times along with his second brother William Berry . In 1922, Berry bought the Scottish Daily Record , its sister paper the Sunday Mail , and another newspaper, the Glasgow Evening News , for £1 million. He formed
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