Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin

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1866 – 1941

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Who was Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin?

Herbert Pa Austin, 1st Baron Austin KBE was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. For the majority of his career he was known as Sir Herbert Austin, and the new Northfield bypass is called "Sir Herbert Austin Way" after him.

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Born
Nov 8, 1866
Little Missenden
Spouses
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Rotherham Grammar School
  • Hotham Art School
Employment
  • Wolseley plc
    (1893 - 1901)
  • Longlands Foundry Company
    ( - 1887/12/23)
  • Mephan Ferguson
    (1884 - 1886)
  • Cowen
    (1886 - )
  • Richard Pick-up Parks
    (1887/12/23 - )
  • Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company
    (1887/03 - 1893)
  • Wolseley Motors
    (1901 - 1905)
Lived in
  • Little Missenden
    (1866 - 1870)
  • Birmingham
    (1893 - 1941)
  • Melbourne
    (1884 - 1893)
  • Wentworth Woodhouse
    (1870 - 1884)
  • Lickey Grange
    (1910 - 1941)
Died
May 23, 1941
Birmingham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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