There have been three baronetcies created for people with the surname Cayzer, each in the

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and each for members of the same family . The Cayzer Baronetcy, of Gartmore in the

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, was created on 12 December 1904 for the businessman and

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Charles William Cayzer, who had made his fortune in the

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business. The Cayzer dynasty's shipping interests by the 1950s comprised the

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Steamers (cargo) and Union Castle Steamship Co. (passengers). Sir Charles Cayzer represented

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in the

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. The third Baronet sat as a

for

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. The First World War admirals Sir Charles Madden and Lord Jellicoe were the first baronet's sons-in-law. The late 2nd Earl Jellicoe was a grandson. The Cayzer Baronetcy, of Roffey Park in the

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, was created on 17 January 1921 for August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, the third son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore. His son, the second Baronet, was created a

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as Baron Cayzer, of St Mary Axe in the City of London. However, on his death in 1999 both titles became extinct. The Cayzer Baronetcy, of Tylney in the

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, was created on 29 January 1924 for the businessman and

Herbert Robin Cayzer, the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore. In 1939, he was raised to the peerage as

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, of Tylney in the County of Southampton. His grandson, the 3rd Baron and 3rd Baronet of Tylney, succeeded additionally (as 6th Baronet) to the Cayzer Baronetcy of Gartmore on 27 February 2012.

Cayzer baronets, of Gartmore (1904)

Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet Sir Charles William Cayzer, 1st Baronet (15 July 1843 – 28 September 1916) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Biography Born in Limehouse, a maritime district of London, Cayzer was the son of Charles Cayzer, a sc ...

(1843–1916) * Sir Charles William Cayzer, 2nd Baronet (1869–1917) * Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (1896–1940) * Sir Nigel John Cayzer, 4th Baronet (1920–1943) * Sir James Arthur Cayzer, 5th Baronet (1931–2012) *Sir (Herbert)

Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick Herbert Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (born 12 March 1954) is a British landowner and estate manager. He sat as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords for the Conservative Party, from 1996 until his retirement in 2022. Early life Robin Ca ...

, 6th Baronet (born 1954)

Cayzer baronets, of Roffey Park (1921)

* Sir August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, 1st Baronet (1876–1943) * Sir (William) Nicholas Cayzer, 2nd Baronet (1910–1999) (created Baron Cayzer in 1982) Extinct.

Cayzer baronets of Tylney (1924)

*Sir

Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick 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 ...

, 1st Baronet (1881–1958) *Sir Herbert Robin Cayzer, 2nd Baron Rotherwick, 2nd Baronet (1912–1996) *Sir (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick, 3rd Baronet (born 1954)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cayzer Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Cayzer family Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British businesspeople in shipping

Cayzer baronets, of Gartmore (1904)

Cayzer baronets, of Roffey Park (1921)

Cayzer baronets of Tylney (1924)

See also

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