Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Alfred Burgess

From Graces Guide

Alfred Burgess

1900 Letter as secretary of the Motor Manufacturing Co (MMC).[1]

1904 'BURGESS, Alfred, 95, New Bond Street, London, W. Car: M.M.C. Total distance travelled since becoming a motorist: 50,000 miles. Hobbies: Boating, shooting, photography. Principal aim in furthering automobilism: To assist in the production of home-made automobiles, which shall be better than anything made abroad. Thinks: (1) That British-made automobiles are now quite equal to, and in many cases better, than foreigners; (2) That a duty of at least 10 per cent. should be levied on all foreign automobiles imported into Great Britain. Clubs: Aero, Auto Cycle, Vaudeville, A.C.G.B. & I.' [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Autocar 1900/02/10
  2. Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1904