Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British politician, Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Enfield Southgate is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. He was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing. The Brighton hotel bombing was the attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA on the Grand Hotel in the English resort city of Brighton
Berry was the sixth and youngest son of the newspaper magnate the 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary (née Holmes). James Gomer Berry 1st Viscount Kemsley GBE ( May 7, 1883 - February 6, 1968) was a Welsh newspaper publisher His aristocratic connections may have played a part in his becoming Treasurer of the Household, but this is a political appointment of a senior Government whip in the Commons. The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch under control of the Lord Steward's Department but is in fact
He married firstly, in 1954, Mary Burke Roche (born 1934), a daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche 4th Baron Fermoy ( 15 May 1885 &ndash 8 July 1955) was a British peer, Conservative Party politician Mary was the elder sister of Frances Burke Roche, later Viscountess Althorp and then Frances Shand Kydd, the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche Shand Kydd ( 20 January 1936 &ndash 3 June 2004) was the former wife of John Spencer 8th Earl The Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche Shand Kydd ( 20 January 1936 &ndash 3 June 2004) was the former wife of John Spencer 8th Earl
Sir Anthony and his wife Mary had four children: Alexandra Mary (born 1955), Antonia Ruth and Joanna Cynthia (twins, born 1957), and Edward Anthony Morys (born 1960). They divorced in 1966.
He then married Sarah Clifford-Turner in 1966 and had two more children: George (born 1967), and Sasha Jane (born 1969).
On 12 October 1984, Berry was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing, when a bomb was planted in the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party's conference. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Brighton hotel bombing was the attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA on the Grand Hotel in the English resort city of Brighton Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. He was 59.
In September 1986, Patrick Magee who carried out the bombing, received eight life sentences, but was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday agreement. Patrick Joseph Magee ( Pádraig Seosamh Mac Aoidh; born 1951 is a former member ( volunteer) of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA best known for The Agreement, most often referred to as the Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste Belfast Greeance or the Good Friday Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an
Since Magee's release, Berry's daughter, Jo Tufnell (nee Berry) (a mother of three living in North West England) has received attention for her series of controversial meetings with the Brighton bomber, as part of her quest to come to terms with the bombing and, in her own words, "to bring something positive out of it". Some of their discussions were filmed for an Everyman programme, shown on BBC2 on Thursday 13 December 2001. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. She has received some criticism from other families of IRA victims for these meetings.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Donald Coleman | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1979–1981 | Succeeded by Carol Mather |
| Preceded by Spencer le Marchant | Comptroller of the Household 1981–1983 | Succeeded by Carol Mather |
| Preceded by John Stradling Thomas | Treasurer of the Household 1983 | Succeeded by John Cope |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sir Beverley Baxter | Member of Parliament for Southgate 1964–1983 | Succeeded by (constituency renamed) |
| Preceded by (new constituency name) | Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate 1983–1984 | Succeeded by Michael Portillo |