13 Facts About Anthony Berry

Sir Anthony George Berry was a British Conservative politician.

Anthony Berry served as Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate and a whip in Margaret Thatcher's government.

Anthony Berry was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating MA, and served as a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards from 1943 to 1947.

Anthony Berry was an Assistant Editor of The Sunday Times from 1952 to 1954, when he was appointed as Editor of the Sunday Chronicle.

In 1962, Anthony Berry was appointed as High Sheriff of Glamorgan.

Anthony Berry was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1979 and 1981, then as Comptroller of the Household from 1981 to 1983, and was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1983.

On 12 October 1984, Anthony Berry was murdered in the Brighton hotel bombing, when a bomb was planted in the Grand Brighton Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference.

Anthony Berry was survived by his wife, Lady Berry, who was injured in the blast.

Anthony Berry's death occurred three days before the 20th anniversary of his first election to Parliament in 1964.

Anthony Berry has received some criticism from other families of IRA victims for these meetings.

In 1954, at Westminster, Anthony Berry married firstly Mary Cynthia Roche, a daughter of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy.

Mary's sister, Frances Shand Kydd, married John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and so Anthony Berry was an uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Shortly before his death, Anthony Berry was being prosecuted for drink-driving and reckless driving after he allegedly drove at two police officers who were attempting to stop his vehicle, injuring one of them.