Sir Anthony George Berry MP (12th February 1925 - 12th October 1984) was a UK politician, Conservative MP for the constituency of Enfield Southgate, and a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's government. He was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... (Redirected from 12th February) February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Redirected from 12th October) October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Enfield Southgate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British stateswoman. ... The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984. ...

Sir Anthony was born in 1925, as a son of newspaper magnate James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and his wife Mary (née Holmes). His aristocratic connections may have played a part in his becoming Treasurer of the Household, but this is a political appointment of a senior Government whip in the Commons. The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Stewards Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the governments majority whips. ...

He married firstly, in 1954, the Hon. Mary Cynthia Burke Roche (born 1934). They had four children, named Alexandra Mary (born 1955), Antonia Ruth (born 1957), Joanna Cynthia (born 1957, twin of Antonia), and Edward Anthony Morys (born 1960). They divorced in 1966. It is perhaps worth noting that Sir Anthony's first wife was the elder sister of the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke-Roche (born 1936), who was to become Countess Spencer and mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Frances Shand-Kydd Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (January 20, 1936 - June 3, 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997) was the first wife of The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ...

Sir Anthony married Sarah Anne Clifford-Turner in 1966 and had two more children: George (born 1967), and Sasha Jane (born 1969). 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

On 12th October 1984, Sir Anthony was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing : a bomb planted in the Grand Hotel in Brighton, during the Conservative Party's conference. He was 59. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

In September 1986, Patrick Magee who carried out the bombing, received eight life sentences, but was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday agreement. September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patrick Magee (b. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 by the British and Irish Governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. ...

Since Magee's release, Sir Anthony's daughter Jo Tufnell (a mother of three living in North Wales) has become renowned for her series of controversial meetings with the Brighton bomber, as part of her quest to come to terms with the bombing and, in her own words, "to bring something positive out of it". Some of their discussions were filmed for an Everyman programme, shown on BBC2 on Thursday 13th December 2001. Although she has received some criticism for these meetings, she is regarded by many as a courageous campaigner for peace. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Thursday, by international standard, is the fourth day of the week, falling between Wednesday and Friday. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

External links

• "Patrick Magee: The IRA Brighton bomber", BBC News, Tue 22 Jun 1999
• "Outrage as Brighton bomber freed", BBC News, Tue 22 Jun 1999
• "Brighton bomb: Filming forgiveness", BBC News, Thu 13 Dec 2001
• "Looking the Brighton bomber in the eye", BBC News, Thu 13 Dec 2001