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On 21 September 1864, at St Stephen's Church, Dublin, he married Geraldine Mary Maffett, one of the eight children of William Maffett, a land agent in County Down, and his second wife Margaret Finlayson.
Alfred Harmsworth, the eldest child of Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889), a barrister, and his wife, Geraldine Maffett Harmsworth (1838–1925), was born in Chapelizod near Dublin, on 15th July, 1865. (1) Over the next twenty years his mother gave birth to thirteen children.
Alfred Harmsworth married Mary Elizabeth Milner on 11 April 1888. She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) and Dame of Grace, Order of St John (D.St.J) during 1918.
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5 days ago · Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe (born July 15, 1865, Chapelizod, near Dublin, Ireland—died August 14, 1922, London, England) was one of the most successful newspaper publishers in the history of the British press and a founder of popular modern journalism.
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Northcliffe was born in Dublin in 1865, the first son of an English barrister, Alfred Harmsworth, and his Irish wife, Mary. The Harmsworths moved to London two years later, and from the age of 13, Alfred junior was educated at Henley House School in Hampstead.
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1904 HARMSWORTH, Mrs. Alfred. Is the wife of Mr. Alfred Harmsworth, the well-known newspaper proprietor, and is much in attendance at all the chief motoring events in England and on the Continent. 1904 Made a baronet 1905 Raised to the peerage as Baron Northcliffe of the Isle of Thanet. 1905 Acquired The Observer in his Associated Newspapers ...
