Charles Royds (politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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|name = Charles Royds

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|image = Charles James Royds - Queensland Politician.png

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| constituency_AM1 = Leichhardt

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 4 May 1860

| term_end1 = 8 February 1864

| predecessor1 = New seat

| successor1 = Edmund Royds

| alongside1 = Robert Herbert, Gordon Sandeman

| term_start2 = 29 June 1868

| term_end2 = 30 January 1872

| predecessor2 = Edmund Royds

| successor2 = Edmund Royds

| alongside2 = John Scott, Gordon Sandeman

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1827|8|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Brereton, Cheshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1898|7|15|1827|8|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England

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|birthname = Charles James Royds

|nationality = English Australian

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Charles James Royds (1827–1898) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Royds, Charles James|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/member-register|work=Re-Member Database|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=15 March 2015}}

Politics

Charles Royds was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electoral district of Leichhardt on 4 May 1860 (the 1860 Queensland colonial election). On 8 February 1864, Charles Royds resigned and his brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1864.

On 11 May 1868, his brother Edmund Royds resigned the seat and Charles Royd won the resulting by-election in Leichhardt on 29 June 1868. Charles Royds held the seat until 30 January 1872 when he resigned. His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1872.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=15 March 2015}}{{Cite QldElectorate|accessdate=15 March 2015}}

Later life

Royds died on 15 July 1898 at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England aged 70 years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3677670 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=26 August 1898 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

See also

References

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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Category:1827 births

Category:1898 deaths

Category:19th-century Australian politicians