Ralph Milbanke Hudson

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 International Shipping Federation.[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. Jamieson, James; Pike, W. T. (1906). Durham at the Opening of the Twentieth Century : Contemporary Biographies. Brighton : Pike. p. 248.
  2. "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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