Herbert 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.

The Right Honourable The Lord Rotherwick DL
Cayzer in 1924
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 8 June 1939 – 16 March 1958 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Lord Rotherwick
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
In office 13 August 1923 – 8 June 1939
Preceded by	Leslie Wilson
Succeeded by	Jocelyn Lucas
In office 14 December 1918 – 3 December 1922
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Leslie Wilson
Personal details
Born	(1881-07-23)23 July 1881
Died	16 March 1958(1958-03-16) (aged 76)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Freda Penelope

Cayzer and wife Freda memorial at St Andrew's Church, Nuthurst, West Sussex

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. Shortly after the 1922 general election, he stood down in order that Leslie Wilson, the Chief Whip, could take the seat – Wilson had been defeated in his own constituency. Cayzer stood for Portsmouth South again at the 1923 general election and was returned to Parliament, holding the seat until 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.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Herbert Cayzer