William Nicholas Cayzer, Baron Cayzer (21 January 1910 – 16 April 1999), known as Sir Nicholas Cayzer, 2nd Baronet from 1943 to 1982, was a British ship-owner responsible for amalgamating the

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, King Line and Bullard King & Company to form the British & Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd. Educated at

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, he was the elder son of Sir August Cayzer, 1st Baronet, whom he followed into the shipping business and succeeded in the

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'', volume 1 (2003), p. 737 In 1944 he became chairman of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association. In the

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list he was given a

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in recognition of his contribution to shipping and politics, and was created Baron Cayzer, ''of

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'' on 8 February. He married Elizabeth Williams of

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1910 births 1999 deaths Conservative Party (UK) life peers English businesspeople in shipping

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