ROYLE, Sheppard Herbert, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 26, 1891 in May’s Landing, Atlantic County, NJ; textile manufacturer; served, gunner, United States Army (1918, World War I); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1925 term and reelected to 4 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1934); property assessor, Board of Revision of Taxes, Philadelphia; died, April 18, 1959 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.