Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
British newspaper publisher and Viscount
Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1868
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 26-Nov-1940
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
- Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, (26 April 1868 – 26 November 1940) was a leading British newspaper proprietor, owner of Associated Newspapers Ltd.
- He is known in particular, with his brother Alfred Harmsworth, the later Viscount Northcliffe, for the development of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.
- He was a pioneer of popular journalism. During the 1930s, he was known to be a supporter of Nazi Germany, purportedly having become convinced that the National Socialist Party would help restore the German monarchy.
- He cultivated contacts to promote British support for Germany.
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