Charles Tertius Mander

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Sir Charles Tertius Mander, 1st Baronet (16 July 1852–8 April 1929) JP, DL, was a Midland manufacturer (and as such Royal Warrant holder), philanthropist and public servant, of Wolverhampton, England.

He was the eldest son of Charles Benjamin Mander, of a family of early industrialists and public servants prominent in the public and civic life of Wolverhampton since 1745. He was educated at Rugby School and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Among many public offices, Charles Tertius Mander was uniquely four times mayor of Wolverhampton 1892-6; an alderman; was awarded the honorary freedom of the borough; was colonel in the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment); and the first of the family to serve as high sheriff for the county of Staffordshire.

He was a progressive industrialist and manufacturer as senior partner and then first chairman of Mander Brothers (1923), the family paint and varnish works founded by his great-grandfather in 1773. He was also active in many other companies, including Thomas Parker, a Midland electrical company credited with the invention of the spark plug.

He was created the first baronet of the Mount, Tettenhall Wood, in the Coronation honours of George V for his public services on 8 July 1911.

He married Mary le Mesurier Paint, the daughter of Canadian Member of Parliament Henry Nicholas Paint, at Halifax in 1883, and had three children.

He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Charles Arthur Mander (1884–1951).

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation		 Baronet
(of The Mount)
1911–1929		 Succeeded by
Charles Arthur Mander

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  • 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

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