Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick

Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick, 1860-1946, British historian, b. India, educated at Oxford under William Stubbs. He was a foremost military historian; his most notable works are A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages (1898, rev. ed. 1953); its companion study, A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century (1937); and his exhaustive History of the Peninsular War (7 vol., 1902-30). His History of Greece (1888) and History of England before the Norman Conquest (1910, 8th ed. 1937) are standard works, but almost entirely concerned with political and military history. He was a member of Parliament (1919-35) for the Univ. of Oxford and was knighted in 1920.

Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (6 January 1896 – 18 February 1940) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the son of Sir Charles William Cayzer, 2nd Baronet, of Gartmore, whom he succeeded in 1917. He was educated at Repton School, Oriel College, Oxford and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was a Lieutenant in the 19th Royal Hussars from 1915 to 1919, serving in France from 1916 to 1918.

On 1 October 1919, he was married to Beatrice Eileen, daughter of James Meakin, Esq., of Westwood Manor, Staffordshire, and of the Countess Sondes. Lady Cayzer died in 1981.

From 1920 to 1921 he was an unpaid Additional Private Secretary to the Secretary for Scotland, Robert Munro. In the 1922 General Election he was returned as Conservative member for the City of Chester division of Cheshire, and represented the constituency until his death on 18 February 1940.

Sir Charles Cayzer was a Director of Cayzer, Irvine and Company, Limited, and a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Carlton Club and the Cavalry Club. He lived at 86, Eaton Square, London and at Kinpurnie Castle, Angus.

Sources

• M. Stenton and S. Lees (eds), Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol. III 1919–1945, Harvester Press Ltd 1979, p. 59.
• thepeerage.com