He was the son of Charles Royle, who had been also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Maria, daughter of Oliver Wolfe.
[2] Royle was educated at Stockport Grammar School and joined the Royal Engineers in the First World War.
[3] At the recreation of the Ministry of Food in 1939, he became a meat agent[2] and after the end of the Second World War, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting for Salford West.
[2] During his time in the House, Royle was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in 1950 and one year later, became an opposition whip until 1954.
[5] Following his retirement in 1964, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Royle, of Pendleton, in the City of Salford on 25 August.