Charles Rolls

Charles Rolls
Born
Charles Stewart Rolls

(1877-08-27)27 August 1877
Berkeley Square, London, England
Died12 July 1910(1910-07-12) (aged 32)
Cause of deathAir accident
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Motor car promoter and aviator
Known forCo-founder, Rolls-Royce
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Charles Stewart Rolls FRGS FRMetS MICE (27 August 1877 – 12 July 1910) was a British motoring and aviation pioneer. With Henry Royce, he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was the first Briton to be killed in an aeronautical accident with a powered aircraft, when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display in Bournemouth. He was aged 32.


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