Baron Rotherwick, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 8 June 1939 for the shipping magnate and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

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, Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet

Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick

Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick , known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British shipping magnate and Conservative Party politician....

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

British House of Commons

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. Before his elevation to the peerage, he had been created a Baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton

Hampshire

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, on 29 January 1924. Cayzer was the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Gartmore

Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles William Cayzer, 1st Baronet was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Born in Limehouse, a maritime district of London, Cayzer was the son of Charles Cayzer, a schoolmaster, and his wife Mary Elizabeth née Nicklin. At the age of fifteen Cayzer took a position as...

 and the younger brother of Sir August Cayzer, 1st Baronet, of Roffey Park. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1996. He is one of the 92 elected hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

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s that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act

House of Lords Act 1999

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 of 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches. Lord Rotherwick is heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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 to the Cayzer Baronetcy

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 ....

 of Gartmore.

Barons Rotherwick (1939)

• Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick
  Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick
  Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick , known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British shipping magnate and Conservative Party politician....
  
   (1881–1958)
• Herbert Robin Cayzer, 2nd Baron Rotherwick (1912–1996)
• (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick
  Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick
  Herbert "Robin" Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick is a British estate owner and manager. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999...
  
  (b. 1954)