Arthur Froom

Sir Arthur Henry Froom was a British businessman and political figure in British India.
Educated at St Paul's School, he entered the service of P&O in 1890; from 1912 to 1916, he was the company's Bombay superintendent. From 1916 to 1930, he was a partner in Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. He was Chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce in 1920; the same year, he became a member of the Imperial Legislative Council. From 1921 to 1930, he was a member of the Council of State. He was knighted in 1922. Froom married twice, first in 1905 he married Effie Spry Bryant in London. Second he married Isabel Patricia Manners Downup in India in 1925.