Charles Tertius Mander 1st Bt (1852 - 1929)

Born 16 Jul 1852 in Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United KIngdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Le Mesurier (Paint) Mander — married 25 May 1882 in Baptist Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1929 at age 76 in The Mount, Tettenhall Wood, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Sir Charles Mander was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Charles Mander 1st Bt is Notable.

Charles Tertius Mander was a public servant, industrialist, philanthropist and cavalry officer, created baronet of the UK (1911).

Biography

• Birth: Sir Charles Tertius Mander, Baronet, 16 Jul 1852, son of Charles Benjamin Mander of The Mount, Wolverhampton, and Sophia Weaver^[1]
• Death: Sir Charles Tertius Mander, baronet, 8 Apr 1929, The Mount, Tettenhall, Staffordshire. Widow: Mary Le Mesurier.^[2]

• Sir Charles Tertius MANDER, first Baronet (UK) of The Mount (Coronation Honours, cr. by letters patent dated 8 July 1911; Royal Warrant of 8 Feb), TD, JP (Wolverhampton and Staffs), DL (Staffs); Lord of the Manor of Aston Cantlow; b. Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton 16 July 1852 (bapt St Mark’s 7 Sept; godparents Isaac Mander, Edwd and Harriet Banks); educ. Old Hall, Wellington, Shropshire, Rugby and Corpus Christi Coll., Camb (matric. 1870, BA 1876, MA 1880); undergraduate C.C.C. resident at the Mount 1871; admitted partner Mander Bros 1879; resident at The Mount, ‘Varnish Maker, employing 91 Men 30 Women 2 Boys’, 4 servants, 1881; resident at the Manor House, The Old Hill, Tettenhall, 4 servants, 1891; uniquely 4 times Mayor of Wolverhampton 1892–6; Alderman; chmn Thos Parker & Co., electrical engineers (credited with the invention of the spark plug), 1894–1909; Hon. Freeman Wolverhampton, 1897; ‘varnish, colour and ink mfr’, resident The Mount, 9 servants, 1901; High Sheriff, Staffs 1903; member Queen Sq. Syndicate, 1907; Maj and Hon Lt-Col Staffs Imp. Yeomanry 1908; 1st chairman and governing director of Mander Bros Ltd 1924.

• He m. Baptist Ch., Halifax, Nova Scotia, 25 May 1882 Mary Le Mesurier (b. there 12 Mar 1859 and d. The Mount 10 [bur. 13] Sept 1951), yr dau. of Henry Nicholas PAINT, MP in Dominion Parliament 1882–87, by his wife Christi[a]na St Clair McVEAN; and he d. the Mount 8 Apr 1929 and was accorded a civic funeral (bur family vault, St Peter’s Wolverhampton, 11 Apr).

• Extract from: Nicholas Mander, "Borromean Rings: The Genealogy of the Mander Family", 2011

Legacy

A storied south porch by Messrs Pachieri and Hack was erected in his memory in St Peter's, Wolverhampton, and dedicated in 1932.

His will was proved London 9 July 1929 by his widow and 2 sons leaving £258,160 16s. 6d.

Portrait likenesses by Hon. John Collier at Owlpen Manor and Wightwick Manor (National Trust Collection) (ex Town Hall), and by George Phoenix in Philip Mander estate.

His trustees donated a small estate including the Guild House and cottages in Aston Cantlow to the village.

Charles Tertius Mander left 2 sons and 1 dau.

Arms

Arms: Gules, on a pile invected erminois, three annulets interlaced, two and one of the field.

Crest: On a wreath of the colours, a demi-lion couped ermine holding in the paws two annulets interlaced fessewise gules, between two buffalo horns of the last.

Mantling: Gules and or.

Motto: Vive Bene.

Livery: Blue, yellow facings, brass buttons.

Grant 72/174 to Charles Tertius Mander confirmed by Sir Arthur William Woods, Garter, and George Edward Cockayne, Clarenceux, Heraldic Coll. 30 May 1901, with extended limitation to descendants of Charles Benjamin Mander and Samuel Small Mander.

Ermine three Annulets interlaced gules occurs as arms for Mandere in Smith’s Ordinary (1599); the shield was confirmed by Edward Bysshe, Garter, to Thomas Maundy [als Maunder, of Cornelly, Cornwall] in 1657, together with the grant of a crest. These were confirmed with differences by Walker, 1660.

Pedigree

The Mander Pedigree with proofs of original genealogical evidence from Robert of Lapworth b. 1681 was registered by Charles Tertius Mander at the College of Arms (Norfolk 22/120) for 6 Apr 1904, and later updated.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tertius_Mander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander_baronets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander_Brothers

Sources

1. ↑ Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, ancestry.co.uk
2. ↑ National Probate Register

• Nicholas Mander, "Borromean Rings: The Genealogy of the Mander Family", 2011

• Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2361, for Mander baronetcy of the Mount [U.K.], cr. 1911.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

• Nicholas Mander. "Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander family of Wolverhampton". Owlpen Press, 2004. Contains biography of Charles Tertius Mander.

• Contemporary reference books, including Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; Who was Who; Walford, County Families, etc.

• obituary in The Times, Apr. 10, 1929

• Our Contemporaries: a biographical repertoire of men and women of the day, 1896-7. London: Klene & Co. n.d. [contains contemporary biographical essay]

• Jones, J. The Mayors of Wolverhampton, vol. 2, [n.d.] [contains contemporary biographical essay]

• The County of Stafford and many of its family records. Exeter: Wm Pollard & Co., 1897. [contains contemporary biographical essay]

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