Sir Edmund Royds, OBE, DL (6 July 1860 – 31 March 1946[1][2]) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician.
His sister Norah was educated at the Slade School of art, and married Gribble, setting up home first at Henlow Grange; this made Edmund Royds the uncle of several notable people.
In his early years in Parliament, Royds was noted for his activism in opposition to the land tax valuation provisions which had been introduced in the 1909 "People's budget" by David Lloyd George.
[12] Royds was chairman of the Land Union's legal committee,[13] and in the Commons he repeatedly challenged the valuation process.
[16] In 1913 he claimed that the valuation process had restricted the availability of credit to land-owners, resulting in a reduction in the number of small houses and cottages built for labourers.
[18] In March 1913 he moved an amendment to the King's Speech, calling for the valuation methods to be brought into line with those promised in 1909–10.
[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] When he was 81, Royds placed the house for sale, but it remained unsold on his death and was subsequently acquired by Lincolnshire County Council, who turned it into a school.
[25] His funeral took place in Stubton, and a memorial service was held at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London.