Viscount Northcliffe

The title Viscount Northcliffe, of St Peter in the County of Kent, was created in 1918 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for the famous press baron Alfred Harmsworth. He had already been created a Baronet in 1904 and Baron Northcliffe, of the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent, in 1905. All these titles became extinct on his death in 1922. Lord Northcliffe was the elder brother of Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere and Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.

Viscounts Northcliffe (1918)

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922)

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe ( 15 July1865 - 14 August1922) rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful newspaper and publishing magnate, famed for buying stolid, unprofitable newspapers and transforming (some say demeaning) them to make them
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Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (26 April 1868 – 26 November 1940) was a highly successful British newspaper proprietor, owner of Associated Newspapers.
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Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (23 September 1869 – 13 August 1948), was a British Liberal politician.

Harmsworth was the third son of Alfred Harmsworth.
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Viscount Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the newspaper owner Harold Harmsworth.
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Baron Harmsworth, of Egham in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the Liberal politician Cecil Harmsworth. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1990.
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Viscounts Northcliffe (1918)

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