| LC control no. | n 79025802 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Rolls-Royce Ltd. |
| See also | Predecessor: C. S. Rolls & Company Predecessor: F.H. Royce and Company Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. Successor: Rolls-Royce plc |
| Beginning date | 1906 1977 |
| Ending date | 1971 1986 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London, England |
| Field of activity | Rolls-Royce automobile Rolls-Royce engines |
| Special note | Retrospective heading |
| Found in | Its Instructions for Rolls-Royce ... 1917: t.p. (Rolls-Royce Ltd.) Harker, R. W. The engines were ... c1979 (info. ref.) CIP galley introd. & ch. 1 (in 1904 the F. H. Royce and Company (formed in 1884 in Manchester, Eng.) and the C. S. Rolls & Company (formed in 1902) merged to form Rolls-Royce Ltd.; in 1973 the name of the co. was changed to Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.) Donne, M. Leader of the skies, 1981 (xx-ref.) p. 93, etc. (in 1971 Rolls-Royce Ltd. collapsed & a new govt.-owned co. Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. was created which in 1977 changed its name back to Rolls-Royce Ltd.) Directory of obsolete securities, 1997: p. 1066 (Rolls-Royce Ltd.; old private company [of 1904] liquidated Dec. 30, 1976) Rolls-Royce website, 9 July 2013: under History (Rolls-Royce grew from the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce in 1884; Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls, whose company sold quality cars in London; agreement was reached that Royce Limited would manufacture a range of cars to be exclusively sold by CS Rolls & Co bearing the name Rolls-Royce; formation of the Rolls-Royce company in Mar. 1906; in 1914, Royce designed his first aero engine) Wikipedia, 5 July 2013: under Rolls-Royce Motors (the original Rolls-Royce Limited was nationalised in 1971; in 1973, the British government sold the Rolls-Royce car business as Rolls-Royce Motors to allow nationalised parent Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited to concentrate on jet engine manufacture) Rolls-Royce magazine, Mar. 1986: p.1 (Rolls-Royce Limited; 65 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AT); June 1986: p.1 (Rolls-Royce plc) |
| Associated language | eng |
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