Henry Royce

Henry Royce

Sir Henry Royce was born 27 March 1863 and died 22 April 1933. He made cars, and with Charles Stewart Rolls started the Rolls-Royce company.

He was born in Alwalton, Huntingdonshire which is near Peterborough as the youngest child of five.

Henry Royce Media

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  Stock certificate of the Royce Limited for 25 Preference Shares of £1 each, issued 7 April 1910, signed in original by Ernest Alexander Claremont as President. The company was incorporated on 4 June 1894 by Sir Frederick Henry Royce under the name of F. H. Royce and Co, Limited. On 17 October 1899 the company was reorganised as Royce, Limited.

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  Engine and gearbox of Royce's second car, now in MOSI, Manchester

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  Statue of Sir Henry Royce, standing outside the company's HQ at Moor Lane, Derby

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  Royce's blue plaque in Quarndon, Derbyshire