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Henry Royce
Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce (March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce company.
He was born in Alwalton[?], near Peterborough, which was then in Huntingdonshire (or Northamptonshire or Rutland - sources differ), but is now part of Cambridgeshire.
On his death, as a sign of mourning, the company permanently changed the colour of the "RR" lettering on the Rolls-Royce badge from red to black.
- http://www.henry-royce.org/ - The Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation
- http://www.royce.org.au/ - The Sir Henry Royce Foundation, Australia
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