Henri Royce

Henri Royce (Sir Frederick Henry Royce) (March 27th, 1863 - April 22nd, 1933) mechanic English of genius is a , pioneer of the Histoire of the car. He is cofounder of the prestigious mark Automobile of Luxe Rolls-Royce in 1904 with Charles Rolls.

Biography

1863 March 27th, Frederick Henry Royce is born with Alwalton in the Cambridgeshire in England, to 130 km in the north of London where it passes all his childhood. Wire of James and Mary Royce, a family of modest miller, the last born of five children. As of its more young age, it impassions for clever the Mécanique Water mill of his father.

1873: at 10 years, he is salesman of newspapers to London then he enters in Apprentissage of Mécanique on the building sites of one of the first railroad company Britannique, the Great Northern Railway with Peterborough. He initiates himself as an autodidact with the Algèbre with the basic principles of the Mécanique. He is then employed in a factory of tools of Leeds where he quickly becomes formative in Mécanique for his collaborators.

1862: 19 years old, it is impassioned for a new invention: the electricity and is made engage in one of the very first companies of electricity of England.

Creation of the company Cook Street in electromechanics

1866: disappointed lack of evolution and technical quality of its company, it founds its clean company “ Cook Street ” with its future beautiful brother Ernest Claremont with Manchester to manufacture electromechanical material there “simpler and sourer”, generating S, Dynamo S, equipment electric S for factories. This material quickly acquires a notoriety of “quality-reliability-solidity” and ensures him success and a national commercial notoriety.

At the beginning of the Years 1900, a new invention excites the curiosity of Henry Royce: the Automobile . It treats to a Decauville (Of Dion-Button) of occasion to go to its work. Its car disappoints it deeply. It starts very badly, overheating, is very noisy, not very powerful, vibrates of any share, is difficult to handle, fall often broken down, is not very comfortable, etc

1902: Henri founds the “ Royce Company ” with Manchester and manufactures his clean first car: the Rolls-Royce 10 HP of 2 cylinders and 10 horses by applying to it all its genius, its spirit of simplification and perfectionism. In 1903 the result is esthetic, luxurious, robust, reliable, quiet, comfortable, flexible, without any vibration, starts in a reliable way, etc It is quickly made an excellent unanimous reputation in all the country.

Meet historical between Rolls and Royce

1904: in May, Charles Rolls was born in 1877, 27 years, richissime member of the English Aristocratie , third wire of the Lord John Rolls de Llangattock of Monmouth, graduate of the Collège of Eton and Engineer in Mécanique and science applied of the Université of Cambridge, pilot pioneer of the automobile Sport, and important importer of Automobile of Europe (Peugeot, Panhard, etc) for its luxurieuse concession of car of Piccadilly to London. Disappointed by the low technical level of the cars of then, he condescends to meet without optimism Henri Royce then 41 years old, about of which everyone speaks: he is packed by the tests. Finally a car English E worthy of all the praises which it is committed marketing under its name.

Foundation of Rolls-Royce

In December Rolls and Royce join and amalgamate their companies in Rolls-Royce which is immediately made a fantastic reputation with close to the customers of cars of elite and aristocratic of Charles Rolls, for their very high level of quality and perfection. The cars dearest, but also best of the world which impose a universal respect as of 1910.

See also: Rolls-Royce

In spite of notoriety and fortune, Henri Royce remains locked up in his workshop of Mécanique sixteen hours per day until exhaustion, in the search of evolution with an insatiable desire and maniac of perfection. The craftsmen of its company call it “Royce dad”.

The first Rolls-Royce are presented successfully to the Mondial car of Paris of December 1904. The cars gain many races of the Années 1900 where they are characterized by their great reliability. Charles Rolls gains celebrates it race Tourist Trophy of the island of Man of 1906 at the wheel of a Rolls-Royce 30 HP and declares “As I did nothing but remain sitted to wait until the car crosses the finishing line, the merit returns to Mr Royce who is the draftsman and the manufacturer. ”

The Silver Shadow

1906 Henri creates the chief of work of his life for the London Motor Show of November:

  • the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (Phantom of money - Phantom for silence)

The best car than it never manufactured according to him. The most prestigious car of the world of the time, most famous of all the Rolls-Royce, with a technical level of reliability ever reached since by more the share of the manufacturers of today. One of the most expensive cars of the world which beats the record of then “ Scottish reliability Trials ” by covering 23.120 km without only one technical incident (the original one always belongs to Rolls-Royce, in perfect operating condition with 920.000 km with the meter).

Laurence of Arabia said some: “A Rolls-Royce in the Désert is worth all the Or world. ”

Tragic death of Charles Rolls

1910: Charles Rolls tragically kills the July 12th in a air Meeting above Bournemouth, nine day after having beaten the record of crossed Manche in Avion.

1911: Lord Montagu de Beaulieu, a fan of Rolls-Royce, presents to the mark celebrates it Sculpteur English of the time Charles Sykes which carves celebrates it off statuette Mascotte mark “ The spirit Ecstasy ” (“ the spirit of extase ”: feeling felt at the wheel of a Rolls-Royce) or Flying Lady (the flying woman), become famous for enjoliver all radiator caps of the mark.

1914: creation of Rolls Royce plc (aeronautical): second Driving global manufacturer of S of Plane behind General Electric Company.

1931: Rolls-Royce repurchases and amalgamates with Bentley, its more important industrial and sporting competitor.

1933: Henry Royce dies on April 22nd at the 70 years age. The logo Rolls-Royce with a simple double R to symbolize the alliance of the two founders Charles Rolls and Henry Royce printed in red is then printed in black to mark the disappearance of its last founder.

Quotations

  • Henri Royce: “Quality will hold a long time after the cost was forgotten”

  • Henri Royce: “To seek the perfection in all. To take the best what exists and to improve it. And when nothing exists, to conceive it”

  • Laurence of Arabia: “A Rolls-Royce in the desert is worth all the gold of the world”

  • Charles Rolls: “As I did nothing but remain sitted to wait until the car crosses the finishing line, the merit returns to Mr Royce who is the draftsman and the manufacturer”

Internal bonds

  • Rolls Royce
  • History of the car

External bonds

  • Official site of Rolls Royce
  • the largest virtual museum Rolls-Royce & Bentley in the world

Simple: Henry Royce

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