Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds
Admiral SIR Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds, Kt., C.B., C.M.G., R.N. (Retired) (5 April, 1874 – 25 March, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Rochdale.
Royds was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 April, 1895.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1905.
Royds was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1912.
He was appointed in command of the Bellona on 5 July, 1913,[1] through the beginning of war.[2]
He was appointed in command of the Canterbury on 24 April, 1916,[3] and commanded her in support of the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland.[4]
Royds was appointed in command of the battleship Malaya in May 1921.
Royds was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 12 May 1922, and to Vice-Admiral on 1 August 1927, retiring the following day.[5]
He was advanced to Admiral on the retired list on 1 July, 1932.
Royds reported on 27 December 1938 that he was "a little lame with arthritis." He does not appear to have served in World War II.
"He took a keen interest in politics and served as president and chairman of the Kingston-upon-Thames Conservative and Unionist Association for several years before he was elected as its member of parliament in 1937. He was knighted in the following year, and was a member of the House of Commons until 1945. He also served for some years on the Surrey County Council" (The Times).[6]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt |
Captain of H.M.S. Bellona 5 Jul, 1913[7] – 24 Apr, 1916 |
Succeeded by Arthur B. S. Dutton |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Canterbury 24 Apr, 1916[8] – 16 Apr, 1919 |
Succeeded by Graham R. L. Edwards |
| Preceded by Edmund P. F. Jervoise |
Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1 Jul, 1919 – 1 Oct, 1920 |
Succeeded by Humphrey H. Smith |
| Preceded by Henry T. Buller |
Captain of H.M.S. Malaya 17 May, 1921 – 3 May, 1922 |
Succeeded by Christopher R. Payne |
| Preceded by Edward B. Kiddle |
Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard 1 Dec, 1923[9] – 7 Dec, 1925 |
Succeeded by Charles P. Beaty-Pownall |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392i.
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations Vol I, p. 438.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 751.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
- ↑ Wikipedia
- ↑ The Times (Monday, 28 March 1955), p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 751.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 December, 1923. Issue 43513, col A, p. 19.
