The engagement has been announced between the Hon Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth (born 20 October, 1994), son and heir of the 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 3 December, 1967), and his wife the former Claudia Caroline Clemence (born 1967), & Alexandra (Mwana) Wood (born circa 1999), daughter of Duncan Wood, of Zimbabwe, and Hilary Campbell.
Vere Harmsworth, whose father Viscount Rothermere is chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, publishers of the Daily Mail, MailOnline and The Mail on Sunday, was educated at Eton and St Peter's College, Oxford, where he read history. After working for BCG, the global management consulting group, he joined the family firm, learning all aspects of the publishing business. He has held a string of senior roles and is currently chief commercial officer for DMG Media.
Vere's mother Claudia is one of three sisters to marry into the peerage. Sister Katya was married to Richard Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington , of the baronets of that name, and sister Sarah-Jane was wife of Lord Francis Russell, son of the late Duke of Bedford and is now Lady Thatcher, wife of Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet.
Vere is heir to the titles Viscount Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent (United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 May 1919), the Barony of Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent (United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jan 1914), and the Baronetcy styled "of Horsey" (United Kingdom, let. pat. 14 Jul 1910).
Alexandra Wood, the daughter of tobacco farmers, was educated at Peterhouse Girls, one of the top independent schools in southern Africa. She is a project manager in the construction industry and currently completing a master's in construction economics at University College London.
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