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{{Short description|British Conservative politician and businessman (1927–2001)}}
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'''Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] (27 March 1927 – 28 December 2001) was a [[British people|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician and businessman.▼
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Lord Fawnshawe<br>of Richmond
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG}}
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond]]
| term_start1 = 8 October 1959
| term_end1 = 13 May 1983
| predecessor1 = [[George Harvie-Watt|Sir George Harvie-Watt]]
| office2 = [[List of members of the House of Lords|Member of the House of Lords]]<br>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
| term_start2 = 22 November 1983
| term_end2 = 28 December 2001<br>as a [[life peer]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| profession = Politician, businessman
| birth_name = Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|3|27|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|12|28|1927|3|27|df=y}}
| image = Sir Anthony Royle.jpg
| caption = Anthony in 1971
}}▼
▲'''Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond''',
==Early life==
A son of [[Lancelot Royle|Sir Lancelot Royle]], a wealthy businessman, he was educated at [[Harrow School|Harrow]] and [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]. He joined the [[Life Guards (
After recovering, his father provided funding for him to become a member of [[Lloyd's of London]], building upon his start in 1948 with insurance broker [[Sedgwick Group|Sedgwick Collins]].<ref name=guardian-20020103/>
==Career==
In the 1950s, Royle became President of the Western Area [[Young Conservatives (UK)|Young Conservatives]]. He unsuccessfully contested [[St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras North]] in the [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]].
At the [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959 general election]], Royle was finally elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond, Surrey]]. He held the seat until he retired at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]]. Royle was strongly [[1973 enlargement of the European Communities|pro-membership of the European Community]].<ref name=guardian-20020103/>
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In 1974 his father passed on his boardroom seats at [[Eddy Match Company|British Match Corporation]], [[Brooke Bond|Brooke Bond Liebig]] and [[Wilkinson Sword]]. In 1980, he did not stand for parliament again.<ref name=guardian-20020103/> He was elevated to the [[House of Lords]] in 1983 as '''Baron Fanshawe of Richmond''', of [[South Cerney]] in the County of [[Gloucestershire]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49498 |date=4 October 1983 |page=12949}}</ref> He was a director of [[Westland Helicopters]] during the 1985 [[Westland affair]], supporting [[Michael Heseltine]]'s pro-Europe position rather than [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name=guardian-20020103/>
He acted as an informal liaison from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Keenie Meenie Services, one of Britain's first [[Private military company|private military companies]] formed by ex-SAS members.<ref
He was Chairman of the [[Sedgwick Group]] PLC from 1993 to 1999.
==Personal life==
He married the former ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' model Shirley Worthington in 1957 and had two daughters,<ref name=guardian-20020103/> one of whom, Lucinda, is married to a Conservative hereditary peer, [[Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley|Lord de Mauley]].
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|crest = On a chapeau Sable turned up Erminois a dragon's head erased Or breathing flames of fire Proper.
|supporters = Two dragons Or winged Sable each breathing flames of fire Proper and gorged with a collar checky Argent and Azure rimmed Gules.
|motto = In Duo Confide Et Persevero
==References==
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