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 the East End of London, Cayzer was the son of Charles Cayzer, a schoolmaster, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Nicklin. Later in the same year the Glasgow shipbuilder Alexander Stephen took a stake in the business which moved headquarters to Glasgow and was relaunched as the Clan Line. In 1880, the wealthy industrialist Thomas Coats became involved and the enlarged Clan Line Association of Steamers was formed.

On 23 March 1898, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Glasgow-based 1st Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers, and retained the position with its successor the 3rd Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the Territorial Force.

He was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow in Furness, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1906 general election. He contested the January 1910 general election in the Monmouth Boroughs, but did not win the seat.

Cayzer married Agnes Elizabeth Trickey (1850–1919) of Clifton, Bristol, in 1868.