Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden, (22 May 1871 – 6 November 1950) was an English businessman and

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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, and went on to become chairman of the

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. He was elected at the 1918 general election as

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(MP) for

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, 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 the 1922 general election. He was made a

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in 1919. His sister

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"eminent in the religious life of the nation" was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1930 New Year Honours; they are the only siblings to be Companions of Honour. He was ennobled on 28 January 1944 as Baron Royden, of

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in the

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. He died in 1950 aged 79.

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* * 1871 births 1950 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs who were granted peerages Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour English businesspeople British businesspeople in shipping Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Barons created by George VI {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub