Charles Royle, Baron Royle
Charles Royle, Baron Royle JP (23 January 1896 – 30 September 1975)[1] was a British businessman and Labour politician.
Background
He was the son of Charles Royle, who had been also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Maria, daughter of Oliver Wolfe.[2] Royle was educated at Stockport Grammar School and joined the Royal Engineers in the First World War.[3] He worked then in the retail meat trade.[2]
Career
He joined the Liberal Party and served as Secretary of Stockport Young Liberals. By 1933 he had joined the Labour Party.[4] In 1935, Royle contested Lancaster unsuccessfully.[3] At the recreation of the Ministry of Food in 1939, he became a meat agent[2] and after the end of the Second World War, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting for Salford West.[1] He was elected president of the Manchester and Saiford Meat Association in 1942, a post he held until the following year.[2] During his time in the House, Royle was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in 1950 and one year later, became an opposition whip until 1954.[5] Following his retirement in 1964, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Royle, of Pendleton, in the City of Salford on 25 August.[6] At the House of Lords, he was nominated a deputy speaker.
Royle was a Justice of the Peace for Brighton and sat in the Stockport Borough Council.[2] He served as a deputy chairman of the Magistrates' Association and was a co-chairman of the British-Caribbean Association.[3] Royle was president of the Sussex branch of the National Association of Probation Officers and a vice-president of Association of Metropolitan Corporations.[2] An honorary fellow of the Institute of Architects and Surveyors, he was also chairman of the Alliance Building Society.[3]
Family
In 1919, he married Florence Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, and had by her an only daughter.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Salford West". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who Is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. p. 2694.
- 1 2 3 4 "Parliament of the United Kingdom, Archives - Royle; Lord; Charles (1896-1975)". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1935
- ↑ "Hansard, Charles Royle". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43419. p. 7261. 25 August 1964. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ↑ Charles Roger Dod and Robert Phipps Dod (1976). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Epsom. p. 258. ISBN 0-85499-623-0.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charley Royle
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Frederick Emery |
Member of Parliament for Salford West 1945 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Stanley Orme |