Royle joined the
Royal Navy as a
midshipman in 1900. He served in the
First World War as
Gunnery Officer on the
battleship and was at the
Battle of Jutland in 1916, then on the staff of
Admiral Sir Charles Madden in the
Grand Fleet. Royle was appointed Assistant to the Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance in 1923 and became
Naval attaché in
Tokyo in 1924. a ceremonial position in the
House of Lords, serving in that office from 1946 to 1953. He collapsed and died while putting out a heath fire near his home at
Wimborne Minster in
Dorset. == References ==