Anthony Berry
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The Honourable Sir Anthony Berry MP |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 5 May 1979 – 30 September 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Donald Coleman |
| Succeeded by | Carol Mather |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
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In office 30 September 1981 – 17 February 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Spencer Le Marchant |
| Succeeded by | Carol Mather |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
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In office 17 February – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Stradling Thomas |
| Succeeded by | John Cope |
| Member of Parliament for Enfield, Southgate Southgate (1964–1983) |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 12 October 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Beverley Baxter |
| Succeeded by | Michael Portillo |
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12 February 1925 Eton, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 12 October 1984 (aged 59) Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Burke Roche (1954–1966) Sarah Clifford-Turner (1966–1984) |
| Relations | Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, newspaper magnate (father) |
| Children | 6 |
| Occupation | Conservative MP |
Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British politician, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. He was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing.
Born in Eton, Berkshire, Berry was the sixth and youngest son of newspaper magnate James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary (née Holmes).
He married firstly, at Westminster in 1954, the Hon. Mary Cynthia Roche (born 1934), a daughter of 4th Baron Fermoy. Mary's sister, Frances, married John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and so Anthony Berry was an uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales and great-uncle of The Duke of Cambridge (second in line to the throne).
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 at Chelsea in 1966 and had two more children: George (born 1967), and Sasha Jane (born 1969).
In 1962 he was appointed High Sheriff of Glamorgan.
He was elected as Conservative MP for Southgate (later Enfield Southgate) at the 1964 general election, and served in Margaret Thatcher's government after the Conservatives won the general election in 1979. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1979 and 1981, Comptroller of the Household from 1981 to 1983 and was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1983. He was knighted in December 1983. At the time of his death he was Deputy Chief Whip in Thatcher's government.
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