Private company

Dropmore Press

British private press

The Dropmore Press was a British private press founded in 1945 by the newspaper-owner Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley. Kemsley acquired the type, paper-stock, printing equipment and press-man of the Corvinus Press, which closed in 1945, following the death of its owner Viscount Carlow in the previous year. He named it after his home, Dropmore Park, near Taplow.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1945Founded1
  • Industrypublishing1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
Catalogue of The Royal Philatelic Collection, 1952
Photo: Philafrenzy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Dropmore Press was a British private press founded in 1945 by the newspaper-owner Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley.2

Timeline

  1. 1945Founded Founded1

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