Harmsworth
Americannoun
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Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
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his brother Harold Sidney, 1st Viscount Rothermere 1868–1940, English publisher and politician.
noun
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Alfred Charles William. See (Viscount) Northcliffe
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Harold Sydney. See (1st Viscount) Rothermere
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According to company lore, Harmsworth took inspiration for the bottles' bulbous shape from the Indian clubs he used for exercise following a crippling car accident.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Mr. Greig’s views, however, did not disqualify him with Mr. Harmsworth, 53, who is better known as the Fourth Viscount Rothermere.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
Jonathan Harmsworth, known as Lord Rothermere and the great-grandson of the newspaper’s founder, is already the firm’s controlling shareholder through his family trust.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
In late 2010 the unit was purchased by its current owner, literary agent Esmond Harmsworth, who paid $3.6 million for it, according to public records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2016
But they only do so, as do all new powers, by at once alliance with, and treason against, the old: witness Harmsworth and the politicians.
From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire
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