Debating Club, which was founded by his father, and served as its treasurer. His diaries include social meetings with influential people including suffragists like Agnes Harben and her husband. Family Lord Harmsworth married his cousin Emilie Alberta, daughter of William Hamilton Maffett, in 1897. His wife was born in 1873 and died in 1942. Lord Harmsworth survived her by six years and died in August 1948, aged 78. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest surviving son, Cecil. Arms References External links Cecil Harmsworth papers at the University of Exeter 1869 births 1948 deaths Cecil Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs who were granted peerages Barons created by George VI