Berry served as an MP for twenty years and was still in office when killed in the Brighton hotel bombing of 1984 by the Provisional IRA.

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating MA, and served as a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards from 1943 to 1947.

Berry's death in office triggered a by-election in Enfield Southgate, which was won by future Cabinet minister Michael Portillo.

In September 1986, Patrick Magee, who carried out the bombing, received eight life sentences, but was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

[6][9] A ceremony was held in Berry's Enfield Southgate constituency on 12 October 2009, the 25th anniversary of the bombing, at which his widow (wife of Lord Donoughue) and her daughter Sasha unveiled a plaque in his honour at the newly renamed Sir Anthony Berry House in Chaseville Parade, Winchmore Hill.

[2] Shortly before his death, Berry was being prosecuted for drink-driving and reckless driving after he allegedly drove at two police officers who were attempting to stop his vehicle, injuring one of them.