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Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount |
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Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount (rŏth`ərmēr), 1868–1940, English publisher. He was the financial wizard of the publishing firm headed by his brother Alfred, Viscount Northcliffe Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865–1922, British journalist, b. Ireland. He was one of the most spectacular of popular journalists and newspaper publishers in the history of the British press. ..... Click the link for more information. . In 1915 he founded the Sunday Pictorial and after his brother's death in 1922 gained control of the vast newspaper empire. He was created viscount in 1919. Though long friendly to Fascism and a proponent of appeasement in 1938, he wholeheartedly supported the British cause in World War II. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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