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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_Motors
    Wolseley Motors - Wikipedia
    Founded1901
    HeadquartersBirmingham, England, UK
    Key peopleThomas and Albert Vickers · Herbert Austin · J D Siddeley · A J McCormack · W R Morris
    Defunct1975
    Founding 1901

    • Herbert Austin (1866–1941) in 1905
    • Colonel Thomas Vickers (1833–1915)
    • Albert Vickers [la] (1838–1919)
    • Sir Hiram Maxim (1840–1916) caricature by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1904 … See more

    First World War

    Entering wartime as Britain's largest car manufacturer Wolseley initially contracted to provide cars for staff officers and ambulances. Government soon indicated their plant might be better used for supplies more urgen… See more

    Postwar expansion and collapse

    Thomas Vickers died in 1915, and Albert Vickers in 1919, both having reached their eighties. During the war, Wolseley's manufacturing capacity had rapidly developed and expanded. Immediately postwar, th… See more

    Morris

    When Wolseley was auctioned by the receivers in February 1927 it was purchased by William Morris, later Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 using his own money. Possibly Morris acted to stop General Motors wh… See more

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