death_date children nationality birth_date residence education death_place image_size title spouse name occupation resting_place predecessor birth_place party parents successor religion article_title home_town
25 january 1951 1 marietta and jill son , charles marcus ; two daus. , british 25 june 1884 kilsall hall , tong , shropshire eton college trinity college , cambridge wolverhampton , staffordshire , england 200px baronet monica claire cotterill neame sir charles arthur mander , 2nd baronet public servant , industrialist , philanthropist , cavalry officer ashes scattered at kilsall sir charles tertius mander , 1st baronet newbridge , wolverhampton , staffordshire , england conservative charles tertius mander and mary lemesurier paint sir charles marcus mander , 3rd baronet anglican charles arthur mander
 wolverhampton
charles arthur mander

sir charles arthur mander , 2nd baronet jp , dl , td -lrb- 25 june 1884 -- 25 january 1951 -rrb- was a public servant , philanthropist , and manufacturer , as managing director of mander brothers , the family paint , varnish and inks business established in 1773 .
charles arthur mander , of kilsall hall , tong , shropshire , was the elder son of charles tertius by mary le mesurier , daughter of henry nicholas paint , a member of the dominion parliament of canada .
he was educated at hillbrow school in rugby , eton college and trinity college , cambridge , where he read natural sciences .
he shot in the english rifle team , and was in the winning eight for the elcho shield while still at cambridge .
he served as a major in the staffordshire yeomanry -lrb- queen 's own royal regiment -rrb- in world war i , attached to the yeomanry mounted division in the sinai and palestine campaign .
he was wounded in the third battle of gaza at beersheba in 1917 , and following the decisive battle of megiddo entered damascus in triumph with general allenby .
extracts from his lively journals describing one of the last great cavalry campaigns were published in `` varnished leaves '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- .
he was twice mayor of wolverhampton and chairman of the borough finance committee for a generation , and was awarded the honorary freedom of the borough .
he was an active industrialist , when mander brothers was progressive in labour relations , and was the first company in britain to introduce the 40-hour week .
he served on over 65 committees and organisations at one time , was in demand as a public speaker on both sides of the atlantic , and chaired some of the first radio discussion programmes .
among many positions , he was vice-chairman of the national savings committee and president of rotary international for britain and ireland .
in the usa , he was made chief red crow , an honorary title of the blackfoot tribe in montana , where he gave the dedication address of the waterton-glacier international peace park , the first national park to be dedicated to world peace , in june 1932 .
he married monica , daughter of george harding neame , of kent and london , by whom he had three children .
he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son , charles marcus mander -lrb- 1921 -- 2006 -rrb- .
