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

Cayzer was the third son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, head of the shipowners Cayzer, Irvine & Co. He joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in HMS Britannia. In May 1902 he was appointed to serve as Lieutenant on the armoured cruiser HMS Sutlej,^[1] leaving for the China station the following month, and 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 Clan Line, Houston Line and Scottish Shire Line, 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.^[2]

His elder son Nicholas Cayzer followed him into the family business.

Footnotes

^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36746. London. 19 April 1902. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^ "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1920. p. 2.

References

Obituary, The Times, 2 March 1943

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[1] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36746. London. 19 April 1902. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

[2] "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1920. p. 2.

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 Lieutenant-Commander '''Sir August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, 1st Baronet''' (21 January 1876 – 28 February 1943) was an [[England|English]] [[shipowner]].
-Cayzer was the third son of [[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet]], head of the shipowners Cayzer, Irvine & Co. He joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a [[Naval Cadet]] in [[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS ''Britannia'']]. In May 1902 he was appointed to serve as [[Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|Lieutenant]] on the [[armoured cruiser]] [[HMS Sutlej (1899)|HMS ''Sutlej'']],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Saturday |date=19 April 1902 |page_number=9 |issue=36746|}}</ref> leaving for the [[China station]] the following month, and Cayzer left the navy later that year. He was promoted [[Lieutenant-Commander]] on the Emergency List in 1906. He was one of the earliest members of the [[Castaways' Club]]
+Cayzer was the third son of [[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet]], head of the shipowners Cayzer, Irvine & Co. He joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a [[Naval Cadet]] in [[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS ''Britannia'']]. In May 1902 he was appointed to serve as [[Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|Lieutenant]] on the [[armoured cruiser]] [[HMS Sutlej (1899)|HMS ''Sutlej'']],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Saturday |date=19 April 1902 |page_number=9 |issue=36746|}}</ref> leaving for the [[China station]] the following month, and 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 [[Clan Line]], [[Houston Line]] and [[Scottish Shire Line]], as well as several other companies. He was a [[Board of directors|director]] of the [[Suez Canal Company]].