Cayzer Baronets

There have been three baronetcies created for people with the surname Cayzer, each in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom and each for members of the same family .

The Cayzer Baronetcy, of Gartmore in the County of Perth, was created on 12 December 1904 for the businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament Charles William Cayzer who had made his fortune in the shipping business. The Cayzer dynasty's shipping by the 1950s comprised the Clan Line Steamers (cargo ships), and Union Castle Steamship Co. (passengers). Sir Charles Cayzer represented Barrow-in-Furness in the House of Commons. The third Baronet sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Chester.

The World-War-One admirals Madden and Jellicoe were the first bart's sons-in-law. The late George Jellicoe was a grandson.

The Cayzer Baronetcy, of Roffey Park in the County of Sussex, 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 life peer 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 County of Southampton, was created 29 January 1924 for the businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament Herbert Robin Cayzer, the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore. In 1939 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rotherwick, of Tylney in the County of Southampton. His grandson, the third Baron, is heir presumptive to the Cayzer Baronetcy of Gartmore.

Cayzer Baronets, of Gartmore (1904)

*Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet (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 (b. 1931)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's kinsman Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick.

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)

*see the Baron Rotherwick

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]