Frederick Murray Royle [also known as Fred Murray Royle] was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1870 and was articled to Arthur Brown, Nottingham City Architect, from 1886 to 1891. He also studied at University College, Nottingham, Nottingham School of Art, and King's College, London. He worked as an assistant to George Thomas Hine (1841-1916) in 1891-92; and in Nottingham City Engineers' Department from 1892 to 1903.
Royle commenced independent practice as an architect in Nottingham in 1903, and was in partnership with John L. Elder as Royle & Elder as Royle & Elder from 1903 to c.1914, and with W. H. Taylor as Taylor & Royle in the 1920s.
Royle was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911. His address was given as 4 Flora Avenue, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham in 1911; Milton Chambers, Milton Street, Nottingham in 1911 and 1914; The Hawthornes, 11 Devonshire Road, Sherwood, Nottingham in 1914 and 1939; and Grosvenor Chambers, 23, King Street, Nottingham in 1923 and 1926. He died on 26 January 1945
Lace factory, Nottingham; additions to Lamb Close House, Eastwood; colliery managers' residences; alterations and additions to numerous residences, shops, and business premises [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001