DeLorean, John Zachary (1925–2005), motor car manufacturer, was born on 6 January 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, the eldest of four sons of Zachary DeLorean, a Romanian-born foundry worker in the Ford motor car works, and his wife, Kathryn, née Pribak, a factory worker of Austro-Hungarian antecedents. His father was a violent alcoholic whose family suffered many deprivations and terrors. ...
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Edge, Selwyn Francis (1868–1940), motor car entrepreneur and racing driver, was born in Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, on 29 March 1868, the son of Alexander Ernest Edge and his wife, Annie Charlotte Sharp. In 1871 he was taken to Britain, where he attended ...
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Jeffreys, William Rees (1871–1954), promoter of roads and road transport, was born at 7 Warwick Place, Paddington, London, on 1 December 1871, the eldest of the four children of William George Jeffreys (1839/40–1890), upholsterer, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Garratt (1843/4–1919), sometime servant, toy dealer, and boarding-house keeper. Though included in ...
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Lambert, Percy Edgar (1880–1913), motor racing driver and car dealer, was born at 9 Pimlico Road, Pimlico, London, on 5 October 1880, the third son in the family of at least three sons and three daughters of Charles Lambert (1841/2–1888), a master builder and later house furnisher and picture frame maker, and his wife, ...
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Brenda J. Buchanan
McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836), builder and administrator of roads, was born in the west-coast town of Ayr, at 22 Sandgate, on 21 September 1756, the youngest child and second son of James McAdam of Waterhead (c.1718–1770), and his wife, Susannah Cochrane (...
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Rolls, Charles Stewart (1877–1910), motor car promoter and aviator, was born on 27 August 1877 at 35 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, the third son among the four children of John Allan Rolls (1837–1912), of Hendre, Monmouth, who was Conservative MP for Monmouthshire...
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P. W. J. Bartrip
Russell, George Neville [Charles] (1899–1971), army officer and director of nationalized road transport, was born at 57 Tufnell Park Road, Islington, London, on 19 October 1899, the eldest of the three illegitimate sons of Emily Mary Russell (1870–1959) and Sir Edward George Jenkinson (1835–1919)...
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Sinclair, Donald McIntyre (1901–1971), passenger transport engineer and manager, was born at 10 Carlton Terrace, Maryhill, Glasgow, on 18 December 1901, the third son in the family of at least four sons and two daughters of John Sinclair, mercantile cashier, and his wife, ...
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Richard A. Storey
Stobart, Edward (1954–2011), transport entrepreneur, was born on 21 November 1954 at Newlands Hill, Castle Sowerby, Penrith, the second of three sons and third of the four children of Edward Pears (Eddie) Stobart (b. 1929), a Cumberland agricultural contractor, and his wife, ...
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Peter G. Masefield
Thomas, (William) Miles Webster, Baron Thomas (1897–1980), motor company and airline executive, was born on 2 March 1897 at Garfield Villa, Cefn Mawr, near Ruabon, Denbighshire, north Wales, the son of William Henry Thomas, retired furniture dealer and restorer, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Polly), ...
