14-620: Western Mail may refer to: Western Mail (Wales) , a daily newspaper published in Cardiff, Wales Western Mail (Western Australia) , newspaper in Perth, Western Australia, est. 1885, renamed The Countryman in 1955 Western Mail (film) , a 1942 American film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey Western Mail (train) , a former train in New South Wales, Australia Topics referred to by
28-599: A circulation of 750,000. In partnership with his younger brother, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (the elder brother was Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland ), he purchased The Sunday Times in 1915 and was its editor-in-chief until 1937. In 1919 the pair also purchased the Financial Times . In 1924 the Berry brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers and purchased the Daily Dispatch ,
42-543: A very limited circulation in north Wales . The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2004, when it became a compact . It has an average circulation of 6,119 in 2022. Historically in South Wales the Western Mail has always been associated with its original owners, the coal and iron industrialists . Often this led to the paper being regarded with a considerable degree of enmity, especially during
56-617: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Western Mail (Wales) The Western Mail is a daily newspaper published by Media Wales Ltd in Cardiff , Wales owned by the UK's largest newspaper company, Reach plc . The Sunday edition of the newspaper is published under the title Wales on Sunday . It describes itself as "the national newspaper of Wales" (originally "the national newspaper of Wales and Monmouthshire "), although it has
70-784: The Manchester Evening Chronicle , the Sunday Chronicle , the Sunday News , and the Sunday Graphic , as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff they merged four newspapers into the Western Mail . In 1927 they purchased The Daily Telegraph from the 2nd Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham , with William Berry becoming its editor-in-chief. In 1937 they purchased its rival, The Morning Post . In 1926,
84-465: The strikes in the coal industry of the 20th century. This association between the newspaper and its owner was so strong there is still a degree of distrust of the paper in South Wales. In contrast, and particularly following devolution , the newspaper has adopted a populist, localist, pro-Wales stance, mainly in trying to find a Welsh focus on major news stories. The newspaper has also stressed
98-417: The Berry brothers/Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), which had been started by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe , in 1901 (Harmsworth had died in 1922). Berry bought out his partners in 1937 and amalgamated The Morning Post with The Daily Telegraph , with himself as chairman and editor-in-chief. His sons Seymour, the 2nd Viscount , and subsequently Michael , continued to run
112-595: The age of only 27, the youngest editor of a UK daily newspaper at the time. He was later awarded a CBE for services to journalism and became chairman of Western Mail and Echo Ltd. In the 1950s, Donald Woods , who later participated in the South African anti-apartheid movement and who publicised the events surrounding the secret death of activist Steve Biko , was employed as a reporter. William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose , DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954)
126-522: The community issues such as the closure of Welsh schools . The newspaper devotes a great deal of its coverage to Welsh rugby . The Western Mail was founded in Cardiff in 1869 by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute as a Conservative penny daily paper designed to promote the Marquess' political aspirations. Henry Lascelles Carr (1841–1902), editor since 1869, bought the paper with Daniel Owen in 1877. Under Carr, and later William Davies,
140-516: The nation upon their deaths. Berry was created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours . He was raised to the peerage as Baron Camrose , of Long Cross in the County of Surrey , on 19 June 1929, and advanced to Viscount Camrose , of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton , on 20 January 1941. Berry married Mary Agnes Corns in 1905. They had eight children together: Berry died in 1954 and
154-598: The newspaper until 1986; in addition, Seymour was Vice Chairman of Amalgamated Press from 1942 to 1959 (when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group ). He provided financial assistance to Sir Winston Churchill after the Second World War . He and ten other wealthy well-wishers each donated £5,000 to the Churchills, allowing them to keep their home, Chartwell , on the condition that it would be presented to
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#1732766145744168-635: The paper became influential in Wales. The paper was acquired in 1924 by the Allied Newspapers consortium, headed by the Welsh Berry brothers, William Berry, Lord Camrose , and Gomer Berry . The consortium quickly merged four other regional papers into the Western Mail . The paper later became part of Kemsley Newspapers and then, in 1959, Thomson Regional Newspapers . In the mid-1950s, journalist David Cole (1928–2003) became editor at
182-420: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Western Mail . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Mail&oldid=809311597 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-577: Was a British peer and newspaper publisher. Berry was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales , the second of three sons of Mary Ann (Rowe) and John Mathias Berry. Berry started his working life as a journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World , in 1901. Berry made his fortune with the publication of the First World War magazine The War Illustrated , which at its peak had
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