Charles Royle, Baron Royle, JP (23 January 1896 – 30 September 1975) 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. Royle was educated at

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and joined the

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in the

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. He worked then in the retail meat trade.

Career

He joined the Liberal Party and served as Secretary of Stockport Young Liberals. By 1933 he had joined the Labour Party. In 1935, Royle contested

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unsuccessfully. At the recreation of the

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in 1939, he became a meat agent and after the end of the

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, he entered the

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, sitting for Salford West. He was elected president of the Manchester and Saiford Meat Association in 1942, a post he held until the following year. During his time in the House, Royle was appointed a

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in 1950 and one year later, became an opposition whip until 1954. Following his retirement in 1964, he was created a

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with the title Baron Royle, of Pendleton, in the

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on 25 August. At the

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, he was nominated a deputy speaker. Royle was a Justice of the Peace for

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and sat in the Stockport Borough Council. He served as a deputy chairman of the

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and was a co-chairman of the British-Caribbean Association. Royle was president of the Sussex branch of the National Association of Probation Officers and a vice-president of Association of Metropolitan Corporations. An honorary fellow of the Institute of Architects and Surveyors, he was also chairman of the Alliance Building Society.

Family

In 1919, he married Florence Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, and had by her an only daughter.

References

External links

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Lord Royle & Women's Rights - UK Parliament Living HeritageParliamentary Archives, Papers of Lord Royle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Royle, Charles 1896 births 1975 deaths Labour Party (UK) life peers Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Party (UK) politicians Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford West Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs who were granted peerages Life peers created by Elizabeth II