Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,652 pages of information and 247,065 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.
1917 - 1992
1917 Born at Loose in Kent, elder son of William Rootes
1956 As one of the sons of the founders of Rootes Group, he took up a senior position in the company as MD of the manufacturing companies. [1]
1967 to 1973 Chairman of the business (by then a subsidiary of Chrysler Corporation)
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