Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick

Cayzer in 1924

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

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    New constituency Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
    19181922
    Succeeded by
    Leslie Orme Wilson
    Preceded by
    Leslie Orme Wilson
    Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
    19231939
    Succeeded by
    Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    New title Baron Rotherwick
    1939–1958
    Succeeded by
    Herbert Robin Cayzer

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