Ralph Milbanke Hudson

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Ralph Milbanke Hudson (1849–1938) was an English shipowner and politician.

Life[]

He was born in 1849 at Boldon, 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 .[2]

Hudson died at Yarm, aged 89, in March 1938.[2]

Family[]

Hudson married in 1883 Eliza Westropp Palliser, daughter of Graham Palliser of Plymouth.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Jamieson, James; Pike, W. T. (1906). Durham at the Opening of the Twentieth Century : Contemporary Biographies. Brighton : Pike. p. 248.
  2. ^ a b c d "Durham Mining Museum - Newspaper Articles". The Colliery Guardian. 11 March 1938. p. 451 – via www.dmm.org.uk.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Ralph Milbanke Hudson, MP, Sunderland". www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk.
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