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Rolls, Charles Stewart
Rolls, Charles Stewart (1877–1910). Rolls was the third son of a wealthy Monmouthshire landowner, who served as Conservative MP for Monmouth 1880–5 and was created Lord Llangattock in 1892. He studied mechanical engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a bicycling enthusiast. In 1895 he imported a Peugeot car from France and was stopped by a policeman who pointed out that he needed a man with a red flag to precede him: his journey back to Cambridge took just under twelve hours. In 1905 he joined forces with another engineer, F. H. Royce, to establish a company producing cars at Derby. Greatly interested in aviation, he made many balloon flights, and in June 1910 crossed the Channel and back non‐stop in a Wright brothers aeroplane. The following month he was killed in a flying accident at Bournemouth and buried at Llangattock‐Vibon‐Avel, near Monmouth.
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JOHN CANNON. "Rolls, Charles Stewart." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Rolls, Charles Stewart." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RollsCharlesStewart.html JOHN CANNON. "Rolls, Charles Stewart." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RollsCharlesStewart.html |
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Rolls, Charles Stewart
Rolls, Charles Stewart (1877–1910) English car manufacturer and aviator. In 1897, he helped found the Royal Automobile Club (RAC). In 1906, Rolls and Henry Royce formed Rolls-Royce Ltd., a major manufacturer of luxury automobiles and aircraft engines. In 1910, he became the first Englishman to fly across the English Channel. Rolls was the first British casualty of aviation.
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"Rolls, Charles Stewart." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rolls, Charles Stewart." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RollsCharlesStewart.html "Rolls, Charles Stewart." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RollsCharlesStewart.html |
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