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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.
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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...
It was likely a large factor both in his creation as the 1st (and only) Baron Austin in 1936. In Britain alone, 290,000 Sevens were produced and automakers abroad licensed (or simply copied) the Seven's design in droves—BMW, Nissan, and American Austin/Bantam being probably the best remembered.
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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.
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.
He was knighted in 1914 and from 1918 to 1924 was Conservative M.P. for Kings Norton, Birmingham. The Austin Motor Company's most successful product was the Austin Seven, a popular small car,...
