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Sir Charles William Cayzer Gravestone Newtyle Angus Scotland

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Channel: tourscotland · 2013 · Travel & Events

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Tour Scotland video of the Sir Charles Cayzer, 3rd Baronet, gravestone on visit to the cemetery in Newtyle, Angus. Sir Charles was born on the 6th of January 1896, and died on the 18th of February 1940. He was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament. The son of Sir Charles William Cayzer, 2nd Baronet, of Gartmore, whom he succeeded in 1917. He was educated at Repton School, Oriel College, Oxford and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was a Lieutenant in the 19th Royal Hussars from 1915 to 1919, serving in France from 1916 to 1918. On 1st of October 1919, he was married to Beatrice Eileen, daughter of James Meakin, Esq., of Westwood Manor, Staffordshire, and of the Countess Sondes. Lady Cayzer died in 1981. From 1920 to 1921 he was an unpaid Additional Private Secretary to the Secretary for Scotland, Robert Munro. In the 1922 general election he was returned as member for the City of Chester division of Cheshire, and represented the constituency until his death on 18 February 1940. The Manchester Guardian reported that he had shot himself.[ Sir Charles Cayzer was a Director of Cayzer, Irvine and Company, Limited, and a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Carlton Club and the Cavalry Club. He lived at 86, Eaton Square, London and at Kinpurnie Castle, Angus.

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