Charles Arthur Mander
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Sir Charles Arthur Mander, 2nd Baronet JP, DL, TD (25 June 1884–25 January 1951) was a public servant, philanthropist, and manufacturer, as managing director of Mander Brothers Ltd., the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1773.
Charles Arthur Mander was the elder son of Charles Tertius by Mary Le Mesurier, daughter of Henry Nicholas Paint, a Member of the Dominion Parliament of Canada. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He shot (rifle) for England while at Cambridge.
He served as a major in the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) in World War I, attached to the Yeomanry Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. He was wounded in the Battle of Gaza at Beersheba in 1917, and following the decisive battle of Megiddo entered Damascus in triumph with General Allenby. His lively journals describing the campaign were published in Varnished Leaves (2004).
He was twice mayor of Wolverhampton, and was awarded the honorary freedom of the borough. He served on over 65 committees and organisations at one time, was in demand as a public speaker on both sides of the Atlantic, and chaired early radio discussion programmes. He was Vice-Chairman of the National Savings Committee and President of Rotary International for Britain and Ireland. In the USA, he was made an honorary chief Red Crow of the Blackfoot tribe in Montana when he gave the address at the dedication of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the first national park to be dedicated to world peace, in June 1932.
He married Monica, daughter of George Harding Neame, of Kent and London, by whom he had three children.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son, Charles Marcus Mander (1921–2006).
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Tertius Mander |
Baronet (of The Mount) 1929–1951 |
Succeeded by Charles Marcus Mander |
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[edit] Sources
- Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (ed), The History of Mander Brothers (Wolverhampton, n.d. [1955])
- C. Nicholas Mander, Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander Family of Wolverhampton, 1750-1950 (Owlpen Press, 2004)
- Burke's Peerage and Baronetage
