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
- Helen Dron
(1887/12/26 - )
- Helen Dron
- 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)
- Wolseley plc
- Lived in
- Little Missenden
(1866 - 1870) - Birmingham
(1893 - 1941) - Melbourne
(1884 - 1893) - Wentworth Woodhouse
(1870 - 1884) - Lickey Grange
(1910 - 1941)
- Little Missenden
- Died
- May 23, 1941
Birmingham
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on July 23, 2013
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