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Family of Reginald Claud Rootes and Nancy Norris Beadle

  • Husband:

  • Reginald Claud Rootes (1896-1977)

  • Wife:

  • Nancy Norris Beadle (1905-1992)

  • Marriage:

  • 1938

  • Westminster, Middlesex

Husband: Reginald Claud Rootes

  • Name:

  • Reginald Claud Rootes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Rootes (1869-1955)

  • Mother:

  • Jenny Catt (1866-1908)

  • Note 1:

  • LONDON. Dec. 21 (Reuters)Sir Reginald Rootes. one of the pioneers of motoring in Britain, died yesterday at 81. His father had run a cycle shop and in 1919. Sir Reginald and his more flamboyant elder brother William began running a small car distributing business southeast of London. During the 1920's the Rootes brothers built up their firm into the biggest car distributing company in Britain. By the 1930s they had expanded their operations. taking under their wing the Humber, Hillman and Commer companies and making those names synonymous with that of Rootes. During this era they produced their first Hillman Minx.

    Sir Reginald gained his knighthood for his work in World War II, when the Rootes brothers converted their plants to aircraft production. His brother become a peer in 1959. In 1945‐46 Sir Reginald was president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and, after his brother's death in 1964, he succeeded as chairman of the Rootes Group. His three years as chairman saw Rootes become firmly enmeshed with Chrysler. Over the next six years, the Rootes family connection with what is now Chrysler U.K. was ended.

    New York Times, December 22, 1977, Page 30Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/sir-reginald-rootes-81-british-motoring-pioneer.html

     

  • Note 2:

  • ROOTES Sir Reginald Claud of Polla House Hothfield Kent died 20 December 1977. Probate Brighton 31 January 1978. £1347274.

  • Birth:

  • 20 Oct 1896

  • Goudhurst, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Jan 1897 (age 0)

  • St Mary, Goudhurst, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 14-15)

  • Student, living with father & stepmother

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 42-43)

  • Managing director of motor vehicle works, Rumwood Court, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1977 (age 80-81)

  • 1977 Dec Q, Chichester, 18/1664

  • Death:

  • 20 Dec 1977 (age 81)

  • Chichester, Sussex

Wife: Nancy Norris Beadle

  • Name:

  • Nancy Norris Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Clayton Beadle (1873-1955)

  • Mother:

  • Winifred Jessett Norris (1875- )

  • Note:

  • ROOTES Lady Nancy Norris of The Barn House Hothfield Ashford Kent died 16 May 1992. Probate London 18 June. £1192304.

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jul 1905

  • Dartford, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 651

  • Census (1):

  • 1911 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1921 (age 15-16)

  • School pupil, Caldcote Towers, Busheyheath, Watford, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 33-34)

  • Unpaid domestic duties, Rumwood Court, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1992 (age 86-87)

  • 1992 Jun Q, Ashford, 16/118

  • Death:

  • 16 May 1992 (age 86)

  • Ashford, Kent

Note on Husband: Reginald Claud Rootes (1)

LONDON. Dec. 21 (Reuters)Sir Reginald Rootes. one of the pioneers of motoring in Britain, died yesterday at 81. His father had run a cycle shop and in 1919. Sir Reginald and his more flamboyant elder brother William began running a small car distributing business southeast of London. During the 1920's the Rootes brothers built up their firm into the biggest car distributing company in Britain. By the 1930s they had expanded their operations. taking under their wing the Humber, Hillman and Commer companies and making those names synonymous with that of Rootes. During this era they produced their first Hillman Minx.

Sir Reginald gained his knighthood for his work in World War II, when the Rootes brothers converted their plants to aircraft production. His brother become a peer in 1959. In 1945‐46 Sir Reginald was president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and, after his brother's death in 1964, he succeeded as chairman of the Rootes Group. His three years as chairman saw Rootes become firmly enmeshed with Chrysler. Over the next six years, the Rootes family connection with what is now Chrysler U.K. was ended.

New York Times, December 22, 1977, Page 30Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/22/archives/sir-reginald-rootes-81-british-motoring-pioneer.html

 

Note on Husband: Reginald Claud Rootes (2)

ROOTES Sir Reginald Claud of Polla House Hothfield Kent died 20 December 1977. Probate Brighton 31 January 1978. £1347274.

Note on Wife: Nancy Norris Beadle

ROOTES Lady Nancy Norris of The Barn House Hothfield Ashford Kent died 16 May 1992. Probate London 18 June. £1192304.