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Ralph Milbanke Hudson
English shipowner and politician (1849–1938)
Ralph Milbanke Hudson (1849 — 6 March 1938) was an English shipowner and politician.
Ralph Milbanke Hudson | |
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| Born | 1848 or 1849 |
| Died | March 6, 1938 (aged 89) |
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| Political party | Conservative |
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He was born in 1849 in The Boldons, the son of Ralph Milbanke Hudson the elder, of Oak Lea, Witton Gilbert, County Durham.[1][2] He was educated privately and abroad.[1]
Hudson joined the family shipowning business, R. M. Hudson & Sons, of Tavistock House, Sunderland.[1] From 1882 he was a member of the River Wear Commissioners, representing coal owners.[1][2]
In 1895, the company, with other British partners, bought into meat-packing premises on the River Plate;[3] and the SS Meath and SS Wexford began in the meat trade with Argentina, to 1886, followed by a period where they were chartered more generally.[4] By 1912, R. M. Hudson & Sons was running a regular cargo trade with Argentina.[5]
In 1918, Hudson was elected as Unionist Member of Parliament for Sunderland. He held the seat until 1922.[6]
He represented Sunderland with Lloyds Register of Shipping, was chairman of the finance committee of the Shipping Federation, and a member of the council of the International Shipping Federation.[2]
Hudson married, in 1883, Eliza Westropp Palliser, daughter of Graham Palliser of Plymouth.[1]
- Jamieson, James; Pike, W. T. (1906). Durham at the Opening of the Twentieth Century : Contemporary Biographies. Brighton : Pike. p. 248.
- "Durham Mining Museum - Newspaper Articles". The Colliery Guardian. 11 March 1938. p. 451 – via www.dmm.org.uk.
- Critchell, James Troubridge; Raymond, Joseph (1912). A History of the Frozen Meat Trade, an account of the development and present day methods of preparation, transportation, and marketing of frozen and chilled meats. London. Constable. p. 80.
- Critchell, James Troubridge; Raymond, Joseph (1912). A History of the Frozen Meat Trade, an account of the development and present day methods of preparation, transportation, and marketing of frozen and chilled meats;. London. Constable. p. 140.
- Critchell, James Troubridge; Raymond, Joseph (1912). A History of the Frozen Meat Trade, an account of the development and present day methods of preparation, transportation, and marketing of frozen and chilled meats;. London. Constable. p. 143.
- "Ralph Milbanke Hudson, MP, Sunderland". tyneandweararchives.org.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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