Northcliffe

American

[nawrth-klif] / ˈnɔrθ klɪf /

noun

Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.

Northcliffe British

/ ˈnɔːθklɪf /

noun

Viscount. title of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth. 1865–1922, British newspaper proprietor. With his brother, 1st Viscount Rothermere, he built up a vast chain of newspapers. He founded the Daily Mail (1896), the Daily Mirror (1903), and acquired The Times (1908)

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St John Harmsworth – brother of newspaper magnates Lords Northcliffe and Rothermere – made Perrier a byword for mineral water across the British empire.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The keynote address, on the theme of idiolect — the distinctive speech patterns of particular characters — was delivered by John Mullan, Lord Northcliffe chair of modern English literature at University College London.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2017

Much of her venom is reserved for the owner of the Times and the Daily Mail, the press baron of the age, Lord Northcliffe.

From Economist • Jul. 24, 2014

Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College University John Sutherland was on the judging panel, said the entries were "fascinatingly varied and vivid".

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2013

He said no word in defense of Mr. Asquith, whom the Northcliffe press persistently and violently assailed.

From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank

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