Warne, Wright and Rowland
From Graces Guide
of Keeley Street, Birmingham
1907 April 23rd. Incorporated and a change of name to Warne, Wright and Roland. Partners were Alfred Cecil Wright and John David Rowland. The company was set up to acquire the business of James Warne carried on by Alfred Cecil Wright (father of John Allen C-W) and the business of Wright and Rowland [1][2]
1911 They formed the Rollo Car Co
1951 Issue of £250,000 loan stock. Factories at Warwick, Birmingham (x2) and Bromsgrove, Directors are:-[3]
- John Allen Cecil-Wright, Chairman and Joint MD
- James Currie Bourne, Deputy Chairman
- John Patrick Cecil-Wright, Joint MD
- John Roderick Horton Baker, Solicitor
- Alfred William French, Retired manufacturer
- William Tovey, Director of the Monitor Brake Co
- Clifford Cole, Director of Marlow Manufacturing Co
- Thomas Richard Carpenter, Director of Carpenter and Allen
- John Bower Rule, Financial Director
The subsidiaries are: -
- G. and W. Purser, factors of horticultural and household brass and rubber appliances
- C. Jackson and Son, spanner manufacturers
- Monitor Brake Co, manufacturer of cycle components
- Crabtrees Engineering Co, metal stampers
- W. T. French and Son, Manufacturers of horticultural brassware and electrical apparatus
- Carpenter and Allen, Manufacturers of horticultural brassware
- Coventry General and Press Tool Co, tool makers and general engineers
- Timbrell and Wright, manufacturers of lathes
- Marlow Manufacturing Co, black bolt and nut manufacturers
- Thomas Pittaway and Sons, black bolt and nut factors
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Fixings, stampings and drop forgings. [4]
1972 Warne Wright acquired Armstrong, Stevens and Son from Redman Heenan[5]
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