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Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin KBE (8 November 1866 – 23 May 1941) was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. For the majority of his career he was known as Sir Herbert Austin, and the Northfield bypass is called "Sir Herbert Austin Way" after him.
May 19, 2024 · Herbert Austin, Baron Austin was the founder and first chairman of the Austin Motor Company, whose Austin Seven model greatly influenced British and European light-car design. An engineer and engineering manager in Australia (1883–90), he became manager and later director of the Wolseley.
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Apr 8, 2015 · Sir Herbert Austin, First Baron Austin of Longbridge, in his first car (top right). His popular touring car (bottom left) featured at the Olympia Motor Show in 1919. Herbert Austin...
Car Culture. Automotive Pioneers: Herbert Austin. December '19. David Conwill. 11/18/2019. Classics. In This Article. Category: Classics. If ever there is to be made a compelling film about an industrialist, one could do worse than to nominate Sir Herbert Austin as the subject.
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Herbert 'Pa' Austin, 1st Baron Austin KBE (8 November 1866 – 23 May 1941) was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. The son of a farmer, he was born in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire in South East England, but the family moved to Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, Yorkshire in 1870 when his ...
Nov 8, 2016 · Herbert (Baron Austin) Austin (1866-1941), engineer, was born on 8 November 1866 at Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, son of Giles Stephen Austin, farmer of Wentworth, Yorkshire, and his wife Clara Jane, née Simpson, of Rotherhithe.
Austin took the company public in 1914 and aimed to increase production. WW1 changed his plans, and the factory switched to producing military equipment. Austin was made a baron in 1936 taking the title Lord Austin of Longbridge, after the name of the plant he had created.
