. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record. r. ThomasSutherst, the Liberal candidate, being nearly 2,000 votes. He con-tinued to represent the division until 1892. whenhe decided to Parliament his expert knowledge of all that concerned theshipping interest made him a valuable member of the severaltechnical committees on which he sat. He was a member of theRoyal Commissions dealing with the question of unseaworthy shipsand loss of life at sea, and of that for fixing registered tonnageof ships ; he also served several Board of Trade numerous trade and other associations with wh
. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record. r. ThomasSutherst, the Liberal candidate, being nearly 2,000 votes. He con-tinued to represent the division until 1892. whenhe decided to Parliament his expert knowledge of all that concerned theshipping interest made him a valuable member of the severaltechnical committees on which he sat. He was a member of theRoyal Commissions dealing with the question of unseaworthy shipsand loss of life at sea, and of that for fixing registered tonnageof ships ; he also served several Board of Trade numerous trade and other associations with which Sir Thomaswas connected will sufficiently indicate the comprehensive andvaried activities of his busy life. He was Chairman of the UnionMarine Insurance Company and Chairman of the Red Book Association, and continued so until the necessity for the RedBook ceased. He was also Chairman of the Bank of Liverpool,the Salt Union, the Liverpool Sailors Home Committee, the CmwayCommittee and the Building Committee of the Homes for Aged. The late Sir T. Bland Royden,Bart. 232 SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING RECORD. Septembee 6, 1917. Mariners. In May, 1904, lie accepted the position of Presidentof the Liverpool Constitutional Association, and thereby took uponhimself the arduous duties of Leader of the Conservative Partyin the city. Shortly afterwards he was the recipient of hisbaronetcy from King Edward—a well-merited reward for hismultifarious public services. The new baronet is tlie elder sonof the late Sir Thomas B. Royden. He was educated at \\inchesterand Magdalen College, Oxford, and entered his fathers office in1895. Ho is now both a member of the firm of T. B. Royden &Sons and a Manager of the India Line, Ltd. He is also a DeputyChairman of the Cunard Company and a Director of the LondonCity & Midland Bank, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Com-pany, the Union Marme Insurance Company and the Pacific Oil-field Company. He is likewiie Deputy Cliairnian of the LiverpoolSteamship
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