Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere

The Viscount Rothermere
Portrait by Philip de László, 1923
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
26 November 1940 – 12 July 1978
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byHarold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
Succeeded byVere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
Member of Parliament
for Isle of Thanet
In office
15 November 1919 – 10 May 1929
Preceded byNorman Craig
Succeeded byHarold Balfour
Personal details
Born(1898-05-29)29 May 1898
Died12 July 1978(1978-07-12) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Margaret Hunam Redhead
(m. 1920; div. 1938)
(m. 1945; div. 1952)
Mary Murchison
(m. 1966)
ChildrenWith Margaret:
* Lorna Peggy Vyvyan Harmsworth (1920–2014)
* Esmé Mary Gabrielle Harmsworth (1922–2011)
* Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925–1998)
With Mary:
* Esmond Vyvyan Harmsworth (b. 1967)
ParentHarold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere & Mary Lilian Share
EducationEton College
OccupationPolitician, Publisher

Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (29 May 1898 – 12 July 1978) was a British Conservative politician and press magnate.