Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden

Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden, CH, DL (22 May 1871 – 6 November 1950)[1] was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician.

For other people named Thomas Royden, see Thomas Royden (disambiguation).

He was the son of Sir Thomas Royden, 1st Baronet (1831–1917), a Conservative politician and head of the Thomas Royden & Sons shipping company. The younger Thomas inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1917, and went on to become chairman of the Cunard Line.

He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle, having stood as a Coalition Conservative (a holder of the "coalition coupon" issued to candidates supporting of the Conservative-Liberal Party coalition government. He did not stand for re-election in the 1922 general election.[2]

He was made a Companion of Honour in 1919.[3] His sister Maude Royden "eminent in the religious life of the nation" was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1930 New Year Honours;[4] they are the only siblings to be Companions of Honour. He was ennobled on 28 January 1944 as Baron Royden, of Frankby in the County Palatine of Chester.[5][1] He died in 1950 aged 79.

References
  1. "Peerages: H (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 97. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. "No. 31316". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 April 1919. p. 5421. "Vice-Chairman of the Cunard Company. Devoted himself entirely to public service since the beginning of the war. Member of the Shipping Control Committee. Has twice acted as Chief Representative of the Ministry of Shipping in America."
  4. "No. 33566". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1929. p. 10.
  5. "No. 36357". The London Gazette. 1 February 1944. p. 593.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bonar Law		 Member of Parliament for Bootle
1918 – 1922		 Succeeded by
James Burnie
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Bland Royden		 Baronet
(of Frankby Hall)
1917–1950		 Succeeded by
Ernest Bland Royden
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Royden
1944–1950		 Extinct


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