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Royds (surname)
Royds is a surname, and may refer to: *Charles Royds (1876–1931), Royal Navy officer and Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police *Charles Royds (politician) (1827–1898), pastoralist and politician in Queensland * Edmund Royds (1860–1946), English solicitor and Conservative Party politician *Edmund Royds (Queensland politician) (1830–1918), politician in Queensland, Australia *Mabel Allington Royds (1874–1941), English artist known for woodcuts *Pam Royds Pamela Mary Royds (née Maycock; 17 August 1924 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher and children's book editor. Early life Royds was born in London, the daughter of Lilian (née Youngman) and Thomas Maycock, who ran a Smithfield Market imp ... (1924–2016), British publisher and children's book editor * Percy Royds (1874–1955), British admiral and politician * Thomas Royds (1884–1955), solar physicist {{surname, name=Royds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Royds
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles William Rawson Royds KBE CMG ADC FRGS (1 February 1876 – 5 January 1931) was a career Royal Navy officer who later served as Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police from 1926 to 1931. In this role, he was in charge of administration and uniformed operations and also carried the courtesy title of Deputy Commissioner.Obituary, ''The Times'', 6 January 1931 Royds was born in Rochdale, Lancashire. He attended Eastman's Royal Naval Academy in Southsea before becoming a naval cadet in June 1892. In August 1892, he went to sea in the cruiser HMS ''Immortalité'' of the Channel Squadron. As a midshipman, he served in the cruisers HMS ''Australia'' and HMS ''Barfleur''. In September 1896, he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant. In 1897, he was appointed to the cruiser HMS ''Champion'' in the Training Squadron. In 1898, he received early promotion to lieutenant for his skilled command of a boat that picked up a man who had fallen over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Royds (politician)
Charles James Royds (1827–1898) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Politics Charles Royds was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the Electoral district of Leichhardt (Queensland), electoral district of Leichhardt on 4 May 1860 (the 1860 Queensland colonial election). On 8 February 1864, Charles Royds resigned and his brother Edmund Royds (Queensland politician), Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1864. On 11 May 1868, his brother Edmund Royds resigned the seat and Charles Royd won the resulting by-election in Leichhardt on 29 June 1868. Charles Royds held the seat until 30 January 1872 when he resigned. His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1872. Later life Royds died on 15 July 1898 at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England aged 70 years. See also * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863; Members of the Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Royds
Sir Edmund Royds, OBE, DL (6 July 1860 – 31 March 1946) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He practised law in London, and held a country seat in Lincolnshire, from where he was returned to the House of Commons from 1910 to 1922, and held numerous local offices. Early life Royds was the son of the Reverend Francis Coulman Royds, who had been rector of Coddington and Canon of Chester. His mother was Cornelia Frances née Blomfield, daughter of Canon G. B. Blomfield of Mollington Hall in Cheshire. His wife's family was known for "architects, admirals, and bishops". His sister Norah was educated at the Slade School of art, and married Gribble, setting up home first at Henlow Grange; this made Edmund Royds the uncle of several notable people. He was educated at Haileybury, and admitted as a solicitor in 1882. Career Royds became a partners in the solicitors firm of Royds, Rawstone & Co, of 46 Bedford Square, London. He was also a director of the Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Royds (Queensland Politician)
Edmund Molyneux Royds (1830–1918) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Politics On 8 February 1864, Charles Royds, the Member for the electoral district of Leichhardt resigned and his brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1864. On 11 May 1868, Edmund Royds resigned the seat, and his brother Charles won the resulting by-election in Leichhardt on 29 June 1868. On 30 January 1872, Charles Royds resigned, and Edmund won the resulting by-election in Leichhardt on 20 February 1872. He held the seat until he resigned on 8 December 1875. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1876. See also * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1863–1867 This is a list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1863 to 1867, as elected at the 1863 colonial elections held between 30 May 1863 and 27 June 1863 (due to problems of distance and communications, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Allington Royds
Mabel Allington Royds (1874–1941) was an English artist best known for her woodcuts. Life She grew up in Liverpool. At age fifteen, Royds was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy in London but instead decided on the Slade School, where she studied under the tutelage of Henry Tonks. Royds moved to Paris, where she trained with the painter and printmaker Walter Sickert. She then went to Canada where she taught for several years at the Havergal College in Toronto. In 1911, Royds settled in Edinburgh where she taught at the Edinburgh College of Art, then under the directorship of Frank Morley Fletcher, under whose influence she took up making colour woodcuts. In 1913 she married the etcher Ernest Lumsden, who also taught at Edinburgh, and together they travelled through Europe, the Middle East and India. In 1921 Royds exhibited at the newly-formed Society of Graphic Art in London. Woodcuts Upon her arrival to the Edinburgh College of Art under the tutelage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Royds
Pamela Mary Royds (née Maycock; 17 August 1924 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher and children's book editor. Early life Royds was born in London, the daughter of Lilian (née Youngman) and Thomas Maycock, who ran a Smithfield Market import business. She was educated at Eothen School, Caterham, and St Hugh's College, Oxford. Career In 1964, Royds joined the British publishing firm André Deutsch to stand in for the then editor, Philippa Pearce Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel ''Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as ..., while on maternity leave. The poet Michael Rosen credits Royds with "discovering" him, after being rejected by several other publishers. Personal life In 1952, she married Alex Royds, an '' Eastern Daily Press'' journalist, and they had three daughters and a son together. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Royds
Admiral Sir Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds CB CMG ADC (5 April 1874 – 25 March 1955) was a British admiral and politician. Naval career Royds was born in Rochdale, the son of Ernest Royds and the older brother of Charles Royds, also later an admiral. He was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy in Southsea and joined HMS ''Britannia'', Dartmouth as a Naval Cadet in 1887. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1895 and joined HMS ''Excellent'' as a gunnery officer. In 1899 he served in the Boxer Rebellion in China as the First Lieutenant of HMS ''Arethusa''. In 1904, Royds joined Devonport Barracks as a gunnery officer. In 1905 he was promoted Commander at the unusually early age of thirty and joined the cruiser HMS ''Europa''. He later transferred to another cruiser, HMS ''Argyll''. In 1908, he was appointed Superintendent of Physical Training at Portsmouth. This was appropriate, since he had once played rugby union for Blackheath, the Barbarians and the Royal Navy and had ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
