Sir Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd Baronet (22 September 1921 – 9 August 2006) was an industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer. He was known as Marcus Mander to his family and friends.

Biography

Charles Marcus Mander was the only son of

Charles Arthur Mander 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, the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1 ...

, second baronet, by Monica

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, of

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, born at Kilsall Hall,

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. He was educated at

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and

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, but did not complete his degree following the outbreak of war. After officer training at the

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, he was commissioned in the

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, serving as a captain in North Africa and Italy, where, following the

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, he was gravely wounded in the fierce fighting at

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on the slopes of Monte Camino, in October 1943. He later rejoined his Regiment, serving in Belgium and Germany. From 1945, he was a director of

Mander Brothers Mander Brothers was a major employer in the city of Wolverhampton, in the English Midlands, a progressive company founded in 1773. In the 19th century the firm became the number one manufacturers of varnishes, paints and later printing inks in th ...

, the family paint, property and inks conglomerate, founded in

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in 1773. He was soon responsible for its property portfolio, and promoted the redevelopment of the centre of Wolverhampton, where in 1968 the

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and Mander Square were established on the site of the Georgian family works. Sir Charles was

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in 1962-63 before two City posts with property groups, first as chairman of Arlington Securities (sold to

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) and then as chairman of London & Cambridge Investments. He also developed a township for 11,500 people at

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outside Wolverhampton on the family agricultural estate, which had been requisitioned as an airfield during World War II. In the year 2000, he sold the mansion house and adjoining land at Little Barrow, Donnington, near

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. It is believed that this was in order to meet underwriting losses at the Lloyd's insurance market after Lady Mander had been offered a settlement by Lloyd's, but refused, which resulted in her being declared bankrupt. Sir Charles converted to

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following a business visit to

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in 1955. Shortly after, following family disagreement, he resigned his directorship with Mander Brothers.

Family

Charles Marcus Mander married Maria Dolores, daughter of Alfred Edmund Brödermann, a banker of

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, on 24 November 1945, by whom he had three children: # (Charles) Nicholas (b. 23 March 1950). #Francis Peter (b. 4 December 1952). He married Georgina ThringBurke’s ''Landed Gentry'', 1952 ed., ''sub'' Thing of Alford (issue: two sons). #Penelope Anne Mary (b. 22 September 1946). She married firstly Michael Rollo Hoare, a partner in C. Hoare & Co., bankers (issue: two daughters), and secondly Simon Loder (issue: one son).

References

Sources

*Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (ed), ''The History of Mander Brothers'' (Wolverhampton, n.d.

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*Charles Nicholas Mander, ''Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander Family of Wolverhampton, 1750-1950'' (Owlpen Press, 2004) *Nicholas Mander, ''The Queen of Seven Swords'' (Owlpen Press, 2013), pp. 275-349 ISBN 978-0-9546056-5-0 *Mosley, Charles, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2589, ''sub'' Mander baronetcy of the Mount .K. cr. 1911 *Kidd, Charles (editor), ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'', Debrett’s, 2008, B 626-7 *''Who’s Who'', A&C Black, various editions

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