Rover: Cycles
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of Rover
1896 A public company, the Rover Cycle Co, was registered on 13 June, to take over the business of J. K. Starley and Co[1]. Directors: F. D. Dixon-Hartland, Alfred H. Griffiths, Richard R. Beard and J. K. Starley. The works consisted of three factories and a floor area of more than 40,000 square feet. [2]
1896 Other records say Harry Smith was MD at this time
1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles as Rover Cycle Co. Limited of Meteor Cycle Works[3]
Designer Edmund W. Lewis joined from Daimler
Ernest Forrester joined as Chief Tester
1905 The company's name was changed in November from the Rover Cycle Co to the Rover Co.
1912 Listed in Spennell's directory of Coventry as Cycle Manufacturers[4]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Jun 15, 1896
- ↑ Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
- ↑ Spennell's Annual Directory of Coventry and District, 1912-13