Background
He was the son of Sir Thomas Royden, 1st Baronet (1831–1917), a Conservative politician and head of the Thomas Royden & Sons shipping company.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
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, went on to become chairman of the Cunard Lincolnshire. He did not stand for re-election in 1922.
31st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Bootle, having stood as a Coalition Conservative (a holder of the "coalition coupon" issued to candidates supporting of the Conservative-Liberal Party coalition government.