Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden

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

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

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, 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 1922.[2]

He was made a Companion of Honour in 1919, and ennobled in 1944 as Baron Royden.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Peerages: H (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersR4.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
  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. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew 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