BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899), English non conformist divine, was born at Bradshawgate, Leigh, Lancashire. In 1875 he became pastor of St. George's Road Congregational church, Bolton, and in 1883 pastor of the church at Queen street, Wolverhampton, with the supervision of nine dependent churches in the neighbourhood. In 1887 he went to America, and was invited to succeed Beecher in what was then the best-known pulpit in the United States. Berry, however, felt that his work lay in England and declined the invitation. In 1892 he took part in a conference at Grindelwald on the question of Christian reunion, and subsequently, with Hugh Price Hughes and Alexander Mac kennal of Bowdon, conducted a campaign throughout England, introducing the ideas and principles of Free Church federation. He was the first president of the Free Church Congress. He played an effective part in expressing the popular desire for peace between England and America in reply to President Cleveland's message on the Venezuelan boundary dispute. In 1896 he was elected chairman of the Congregational Union of England and `Vales.