Henry Royce
Sir
(Frederick) Henry Royce (
March 27,
1863 -
April 22,
1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with the Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls founded the
Rolls-Royce company.
He was born in Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, near Peterborough.
His first car was a Decauville. It was faulty, so he decided to manufacture his own cars, known as Royce - only three were made (none preserved). Charles Rolls saw one of them and they joined forces to make the Rolls Royce.
On his death, as a sign of mourning, the company permanently changed the colour of the "RR" lettering on the Rolls-Royce badge from red to black.
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