Edmund Woodward Lewis
Edmund Woodward Lewis (1870-1941) of Rover, Daimler and Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co. Described as "a tall, thin, dark fellow who knew what he wanted and was determined to get it.'[1]
1870 Born in Bury St. Edmunds[2] the son of Lewis Woodward Lewis, Clerk in Holy Orders.
Chief draughtsman with Daimler
1901 Living at 3 Spingfield Place, Coventry: Edwin R. Hayes (age 44 born Coventry), Cycle Machinist. With his wife Sarah Hayes (age 44 born Coventry) and their three children; Edwin Hayes (age 10 born Coventry); Winifred F. Hayes (age 8 born Coventry); and Ethel F. Hayes (age 5 born Coventry). Also a boarder Edmund W. Lewis (age 30 born Bury St. Edmunds), Automobile Draughtsman.[3]
1902 Married Evelyn Spencer Greaves
Joined Rover Cycle Co where he designed their first car.
1906 Engineer and works manager of Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co.[4]
1909 November. Details of a rotary valve engine.[5]
1911 Living at Fairspear, Kenilworth Road, Coventry: Edmund Woodward Lewis (age 40 born Bury St. Edmunds), Consulting Engineer - Employer. With his wife Evelyn Spenser Lewis (age 30 born Boynor, Sussex). Also Gerald O. Von Stralendorff (age 22 born Macclesfield), Consulting Engineer - Employer. Two servants.[6]
1911 June. Details of a slide-valve engine he designed.[7]
1914 Divorced. Living in Paisley, Refrewshire. 'a man of drunken and dissolute habits, and of violent and ungovernable temper'
1941 Died in Hendon[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Armstrong Siddeley Motors by Bill Smith. p43
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ 1901 Census
- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Thursday 22 February 1906
- ↑ The Autocar 1909/11/20
- ↑ 1911 Census
- ↑ The Autocar 1911/06/03
- ↑ BMD