Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, KBE

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Herbert Austin

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Death: May 23, 1941 (74)
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Place of Burial: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Holy Trinity Church, Twatling Road, Bromsgrove
Immediate Family:

Son of Giles Stevens Austin and Clara Jane Simpson
Husband of Helen Dron
Father of Irene Austin; Vernon James Austin and Private
Brother of John Austin; Ernest Austin; Walter Austin; Henry Austin and Albreda W Austin

Occupation: Conservative MP
Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, KBE

served his apprenticeship to engineering at Langlands Foundry, Melbourne, Australia; came to England 1890; Manager, Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co Ltd 1900-05; founded the Austin Motor Co, Longbridge Works, Birmingham 1905; KBE 1917; Member of Parliament (Unionist) for King's Norton 1918-24; Chairman, Austin Motor Car Co Ltd; President of the Institution of Automobile Engineers and of the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers 1930; President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and Master of the Coach Makers' and Coach Harness Makers' Company 1934

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Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, KBE's Timeline

1866
November 8, 1866
Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire
1891
1891
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1893
October 1893
Birmingham, Warwickshire
1919
1919
- 1924
Age 52
King's Norton, Birmingham
1937
1937
Age 70
Birmingham University, Birmingham
1941
May 23, 1941
Age 74
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
May 23, 1941
Age 74
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Holy Trinity Church, Twatling Road, Bromsgrove
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