Lieutenant-Commander Sir August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, 1st Baronet (21 January 1876 – 28 February 1943) was an English

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. Cayzer was the third son of

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, head of the shipowners Cayzer, Irvine & Co. He joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in HMS ''Britannia''. By then a lieutenant, he was in January 1901 appointed to serve on the protected cruiser HMS ''Diadem'', serving in the Channel Squadron. In May 1902 he transferred to the

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HMS ''Sutlej'', leaving for the China station the following month. Cayzer left the navy later that year. He was promoted lieutenant-commander on the Emergency List in 1915. He was one of the earliest members of the Castaways' Club On leaving the Royal Navy, he joined the family firm, later becoming chairman. He was also chairman of the

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and

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, as well as several other companies. He was a director of the Suez Canal Company. Cayzer was created a baronet in the 1921 New Year Honours. His elder son Nicholas Cayzer followed him into the family business.

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*Obituary, '' The Times'', 2 March 1943 1876 births 1943 deaths August English businesspeople in shipping Royal Navy officers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Younger sons of baronets {{shipping-bio-stub