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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING TELMO 344 OF 22 MAY INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
(PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
M.1.P.T.
MR. ANTHONY ROYLE DECAME PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, I JUNE 1970, WHEN MR. HEATH FORMED HIS GOVERNMENT. MR ROYLE HAS BEEN CONSERVATIVE MEMBER
OF PARLIAMENT FOR RICHMOND, SURREY SINCE OCTOBER 1959, AND WAS AN
OPPOSITION WHIP IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM 1967 UNTIL THE CHANGE
OF GOVERNMENT,
BORN IN MARCH 1927, HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE LIFE GUARDS. HE
SERVED WITH THEM FROM 1945 TO 1947 IN GERMANY, EGYPT, PALESTINE AND
TRANSJORDAN. HE IS AN INSURANCE BROKER BY PROFESSION AND A MEMBER
OF LLOYD'S, HE WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH MATCH CORPORATION
BEFORE ASSUMING OFFICE,
FROM 1963 TILL THE CHANGE OF GOVERMENT HE WAS PARLIAMENTARY
PRIVATE SECRETARY TO MR. JULIAN AMERY WHEN THE LATTER WAS
SUCCESSIVELY PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLON-
IES, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR, AND MINISTER OF AVIATION.
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MR ROYLE HAS TRAVELLED WIDELY IN RECENT YEARS, BOTH PRIVATELY, AS
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS AND AS PPS TO HR, AMERY, HE
HAS VISITED MANY PARTS OF AFRICA, THE MIDDLE AND FAR EAST, AND IN 1965 WAS THE FIRST CONSERVATIVE MP TO VISIT CUDA SINCE THE
REVOLUTION. HE HAS ALSO VISITED CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION AND
SPENT THREE WEEKS TRAVELLING IN PERU AND MEXICO IN 1964.
HE IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN,
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