ROLLS (Charles Stewart, 1877-1910, Engineer and Aviator, Partner in the formation of the Rolls-Royce motor Company)

Exceptionally rare signature on a piece of paper, 7½" x 5½", no place, no date

Rolls-Royce was established in 1904 from his original motor car business of C. S. Rolls which he started in 1902. He was an ardent aeronaut and aviator who did a double crossing of the Channel in 1910. He was killed in a plane crash at Bournemouth in 1910 the same year as this achievement. He was the first English victim of Aviation.

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Stock No:  38986