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

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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 National 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.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Salford West". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons1.htm. Retrieved 3 November 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Who Is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. pp. 2694. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Parliament of the United Kingdom, Archives - Royle; Lord; Charles (1896-1975)". http://www.portcullis.parliament.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code==%27320%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl. Retrieved 3 November 2009. 
4. ^ "Hansard, Charles Royle". http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-charles-royle-1. Retrieved 3 November 2009. 
5. ^ London Gazette: no. 43419. p. 7261. 25 August 1964. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
6. ^ Charles Roger Dod and Robert Phipps Dod (1976). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Epsom. pp. 258. ISBN 0854996230. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charley Royle

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Frederick Emery	Member of Parliament for Salford West 1945 – 1964	Succeeded by Stanley Orme

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Name	Royle, Charles
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Date of birth	23 January 1896
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Date of death	30 September 1975
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