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Family of William Edward Rootes and Nora Press

  • Husband:

  • William Edward Rootes (1894-1964)

  • Wife:

  • Nora Press (1892-1964)

  • Marriage:

  • 1916

  • St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex

Husband: William Edward Rootes

  • Name:

  • William Edward Rootes

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Rootes (1869-1955)

  • Mother:

  • Jenny Catt (1866-1908)

  • 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

Wife: Nora Press

  • Name:

  • Nora Press

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • ROOTES Lady Nora of 15 Stanhope Terrace London W.2 single woman died 19 September 1964. Probate London 15 December to William Geoffrey Rootes and Brian Gordon Rootes company directors. £83850.

  • Birth:

  • 10 Oct 1892

  • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1892 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1892 D Quarter in GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH Volume 04B Page 32

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents, 282 Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

  • Census (2):

  • 1921 (age 28-29)

  • Wife in household

  • Residence:

  • 1939 (age 46-47)

  • Bagshot, Hungerford, Marlborough, Wiltshire

  • Death fact:

  • 1964 (age 71-72)

  • 1964 Sep Q, Paddington, 5d/182 (aged 72)

  • Death:

  • 19 Sep 1964 (age 71)

  • 15 Stanhope Terrace, Paddington, London W.2

Additional Information

  • Birth fact:

  • Mother's maiden name: Martin

  • Census (1):

  • Parents: Horace H press (miller) & Edith

Note on Husband: William Edward Rootes (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 on Husband: William Edward Rootes (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.

Note on Wife: Nora Press

ROOTES Lady Nora of 15 Stanhope Terrace London W.2 single woman died 19 September 1964. Probate London 15 December to William Geoffrey Rootes and Brian Gordon Rootes company directors. £83850.