Frederick Lional Rapson (1888-1933) of Liverpool (1919), inventor of a new design of tyre.
1888 Born Frederick Eyers at Ryde on the Isle of Wight, son of William Pomeroy Eyers and Mary Jane (nee Rapson).
1901 Frederick Eyers lived in The National Incorporated Waifs Association's school at Mile End[1]
c.1902 Started using his mother's maiden name, Rapson[2]
1905 Joined the Coldstream Guards
1907 Discharged medically unfit from the Coldstream Guards
1911 Frederick Rapson 24, chauffeur and commissionaire, lived in Pimlico with Rose Rapson 21[3]
1914 Served in the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)[4]
1915 Discharged; joined the South Africa forces.
1917 Patent on "Improvements in or relating to Lifting Jacks and the like for use on Motor Road and other Vehicles" and many more on this subject
1917 Formed the Rapid Jack Co to commercialise his ideas for a vehicle-mounted jack.
1918 Living in Wavertree, Liverpool[5]
1919 of the Rapid Jack Co. (see advert)
1919 A. Wilfred Oyler became MD of Rapson Automobile Patents Ltd
1920 Patent on "Improvements in or relating to wheel rims for motor road and other vehicles"
1921 Fred Lionel Rapson 37, inventor and tyre manufacturer, lived in North Marylebone with Rose Rapson 32, Fred Rapson 9, Lionel Rapson 2[6]
1922 Patent on "Improvements in or relating to pneumatic tyres"
1926 Patent with John Godfrey Parry Thomas and Thomas Inventions Development Co Ltd on "Improvements in or relating to two stroke multi-cylinder internal combustion engines of the sleeve valve type"
1933 Died in Eastbourne[7]