See also
Husband:
William Rootes (1869-1955)
Wife:
Jenny Catt (1866-1908)
Children:
Marriage:
3 Sep 1892
St Mary, Goudhurst, Kent
Name:
William Rootes
Sex:
Male
Father:
Edward Alwin Rootes (1844-1929)
Mother:
Ann Jury (1851-1887)
Note:
ROOTES William of Kingston Woodmancote Road Worthing died 24 January 1955 at Marlposts Nursing Home Parkfield Road Worthing. Probate London 10 June to Sir William Edward Rootes K.B.E. Sir Reginald Claud Rootes knight and Frank Miskin solicitor. Effects £14875 18s. 4d.
Birth:
11 Jun 1869
Goudhurst, Kent
Census (1):
1871 (age 1-2)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1881 (age 11-12)
Living with parents
Occupation (1):
31 Jan 1897 (age 27)
Engineer, Lidwells Cottages, Goudhurst, Kent (son Reginald's baptism)
Census (3):
1901 (age 31-32)
Cycle maker, Station Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent
Census (4):
1911 (age 41-42)
Motor & cycle engineer, Station Road, Hawkhurst, Kent
Census (5):
1921 (age 51-52)
Motor engineer, Station Road, Hawkhurst, Kent
Occupation (2):
1939 (age 69-70)
Engineer (retired), 38 Woodmancote Road, Worthing, Sussex
Death:
24 Jan 1955 (age 85)
Marlposts Nursing Home, Parkfield Road, Worthing, Sussex
Name:
Jenny Catt
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
1866
Northiam, Sussex
Birth fact:
1866 (age 0)
GRO Reference: 1866 J Quarter in RYE Volume 02B Page 9 (Jane Catt)
Census:
1901 (age 34-35)
Wife in household
Death fact:
1908 (age 41-42)
GRO Reference: 1908 J Quarter in CRANBROOK Volume 02A Page 482 (aged 42)
Death:
1908 (age 41-42)
Cranbrook, Kent
Birth fact:
Mother's maiden name: Trill
Name:
William Edward Rootes
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Nora Press (1892-1964)
Note 1:
William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 - 12 December 1964) was a Coventry motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume manufacture of aircraft and engines, as well as the supply of military motor vehicles and armoured fighting vehicles. He was knighted in 1942 for these services and for organising the reconstruction of bomb-damaged Coventry after its saturation bombing by the Luftwaffe on 1415 November 1940. In the 1950s, he became a leader of Britain's export drive, and chaired a committee to found the University of Warwick with a vision of academic links with industry.
Source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Rootes,_1st_Baron_Rootes
Note 2:
ROOTES first baron the right honourable William Edward G.B.E. of Ramsbury Wiltshire and Devonshire House Piccadilly London W.1 died 12 December 1964 at 1 Shepherds Close Westminster. Probate London 22 April 1965 to the right honourable William Geoffrey second baron Rootes and the right honourable Brian Gordon Rootes and Rupert William Hammond company directors and Nathaniel Peter Catchpole solicitor. £1839967.
Birth:
17 Aug 1894
Goudhurst, Kent
Birth fact:
1894 (age 0)
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in CRANBROOK Volume 02A Page 751
Census (1):
1901 (age 6-7)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1921 (age 26-27)
Engineer & company director, 25 Surrey Road, Margate, Kent
Occupation:
1939 (age 44-45)
Tyre garage, Bagshot ,Hungerford, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Death fact:
1964 (age 69-70)
1964 Dec Q, Westminster, 5c/431 (aged 70)
Death:
12 Dec 1964 (age 70)
1 Shepherds Close, Westminster, Middlesex
Name:
Reginald Claud Rootes
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Nancy Norris Beadle (1905-1992)
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
ROOTES William of Kingston Woodmancote Road Worthing died 24 January 1955 at Marlposts Nursing Home Parkfield Road Worthing. Probate London 10 June to Sir William Edward Rootes K.B.E. Sir Reginald Claud Rootes knight and Frank Miskin solicitor. Effects £14875 18s. 4d.
William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 - 12 December 1964) was a Coventry motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume manufacture of aircraft and engines, as well as the supply of military motor vehicles and armoured fighting vehicles. He was knighted in 1942 for these services and for organising the reconstruction of bomb-damaged Coventry after its saturation bombing by the Luftwaffe on 1415 November 1940. In the 1950s, he became a leader of Britain's export drive, and chaired a committee to found the University of Warwick with a vision of academic links with industry.
Source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Rootes,_1st_Baron_Rootes
ROOTES first baron the right honourable William Edward G.B.E. of Ramsbury Wiltshire and Devonshire House Piccadilly London W.1 died 12 December 1964 at 1 Shepherds Close Westminster. Probate London 22 April 1965 to the right honourable William Geoffrey second baron Rootes and the right honourable Brian Gordon Rootes and Rupert William Hammond company directors and Nathaniel Peter Catchpole solicitor. £1839967.
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
ROOTES Sir Reginald Claud of Polla House Hothfield Kent died 20 December 1977. Probate Brighton 31 January 1978. £1347274.