Sir Thomas Bland Royden, 1st Baronet (20 February 1831 – 29 August 1917) was an English ship-owner and

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. Royden was the son of Thomas Royden of

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. He was educated at Liverpool College and became head of Thomas Royden & Sons, shipowners. He became a member of

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in 1873, and was

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in 1878–1879. He was also a J.P. for Liverpool. At the 1885 general election Royden was elected

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for Liverpool West Toxteth and held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election. He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1903, was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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at the end of the year, and was created a

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on 29 July 1905. Royden lived at Frankby Hall. He died at the age of 86. Royden married Alice Elizabeth Dowdall. Their son Thomas Royden was later MP for

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and became

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. Their daughter

Maude Royden Agnes Maude Royden (23 November 1876 – 30 July 1956), later known as Maude Royden-Shaw, was an English preacher, suffragist and campaigner for the ordination of women. Early life and education Royden was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, the ...

became a preacher and suffragist.Cheryl Law ''Women, a modern political dictionary'' 2000
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* 1831 births 1917 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 British businesspeople in shipping Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire High Sheriffs of Cheshire Mayors of Liverpool People educated at Liverpool College 19th-century British businesspeople {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub