Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick

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Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick (23 July 1881-16 March 1958), known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British shipping magnate and Conservative politician.

Cayzer was the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, and his wife Agnes Elisabeth (née Trickey). Sir August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, 1st Baronet, was his elder brother. Cayzer was Chairman of the British & Commonwealth Steamship Company Ltd, of Clan Line Steamers Ltd and of the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd and also sat as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South from 1918 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1939. He was created a Baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, in 1924 and in 1939 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rotherwick, of Tylney in the County of Southampton.

Lord Rotherwick married Freda Penelope, daughter of William Hans Rathbourne, in 1911. He died in March 1958, aged 76, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Herbert. Lady Rotherwick died in 1961.


Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New constituency
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
1918–1922
Succeeded by
Lesie Orme Wilson
Preceded by
Lesie Orme Wilson
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
1923–1939
Succeeded by
Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Rotherwick
1939–1958
Succeeded by
Herbert Robin Cayzer

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