Baron Rotherwick, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1]

History

The title was created on 8 June 1939 for the shipping magnate and Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet.

He had previously represented Portsmouth South in the House of Commons.

Before his elevation to the peerage, he had been created a baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, on 29 January 1924.[2]

Cayzer was the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore and the younger brother of Sir August Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Roffey Park. As of 2018 the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1996. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, and sat on the Conservative benches. He resigned on 1 February 2022.[3] Lord Rotherwick also succeeded to the Cayzer Baronetcy of Gartmore on the death of Sir James Arthur Cayzer, 5th Baronet on 27 February 2012.

The family seat is Cornbury Park, near Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

Barons Rotherwick (1939)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Herbert Robin Cayzer (b. 1989)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Herbert Robin Cayzer (b. 2017)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 34645". The London Gazette. 14 July 1939. p. 4833.
  2. ↑ "No. 32918". The London Gazette. 14 March 1924. p. 2229.
  3. ↑ "The Grocott Bill and the future of hereditary peers in the House of Lords". 9 February 2022.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

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