Henry Royce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Royce

English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1863

Place of Birth: Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1933

Profession: entrepreneur, inventor, car designer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity.
With Charles Rolls (1877 – 1910) and Claude Johnson (1864 – 1926), he founded Rolls-Royce.
Rolls-Royce initially focused on large 40-50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its successors.
Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product. Royce's health broke down in 1911 and he was persuaded to leave his factory in the Midlands at Derby and, taking a team of designers, move to the south of England spending winters in the south of France.
He died at his home in Sussex in the spring of 1933.