Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government.
Berry sat in the House of Commons for twenty years until being killed in the Brighton hotel bombing of 1984 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
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Early life
Born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, Berry was the sixth and youngest son of the newspaper magnate Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary née Holmes.
Educated at Eton College, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford (graduating MA), before serving as a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards from 1943 to 1947.
Career
After resigning his commission in the Guards, Berry went into journalism. He was an Assistant Editor of The Sunday Times from 1952 to 1954, when he was appointed as Editor of the Sunday Chronicle.