Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
(1925-1998), Owner of the Mail Group newspapersSitter in 5 portraits
Great-nephew of Lord Northcliffe, Viscount Rothermere succeeded his father as publisher of the Daily Mail and Associated Newspapers in 1971. He successfully re-launched the Mail as a tabloid, became Founder-Editor, in 1982, of the Mail on Sunday and out-manoeuvred rivals to gain control of London's evening newspaper market, eventually acquiring the Standard in 1986.
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print on cream card mount, 1932
NPG x32364
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1932
NPG x222108
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 16 July 1968
NPG x172327
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
by Harry Borden
bromide print, 12 June 1997
NPG x87888
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x34349
Related People
- Margaret ('Peggy') Hunnam (née Redhead, formerly Harmsworth, formerly Hussey), Lady Blunt (mother)
- Lorna Peggy Vyvyan (née Harmsworth), Lady Cooper-Key (sister)
- Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (father)
- Patricia ('Bubbles') Evelyn Beverly Harmsworth (née Matthews), Viscountess Rothermere (wife)
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