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Morris Motors Limited was a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company formed in 1919 to take over the assets of William Morris 's WRM Motors Limited and continue production of the same vehicles.
Dec 14, 2023 · Under his leadership, Morris motor cars grew exponentially, introducing iconic models like the Morris Minor and the Morris Oxford. Under his stewardship, Morris, later Lord Nuffield, known as ‘the most famous industrialist of his age’, took Morris motors history into rarified air.
Morris cars take their name from William Richard Morris, born in Worcester in 1877. Aged fourteen, he started work in the cycle trade, starting in business in Oxford, initially as a cycle repairer, but later running a car hire business.
Morris Motors vied with Austin to become one of Britain’s largest carmakers. It produced a number of iconic cars such as the ‘Bullnose’ and the Issigonis-created Minor before becoming a major part of the British Motor Corporation in 1952…. The final car to wear its name was the 1980-1984 Ital.
William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield, GBE, CH, FRS (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963), was an English motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Trust and Nuffield College, Oxford, as well as being involved in his role as ...
Dec 18, 2021 · The life and career of William Morris* could appear straightforward and not unusual in the motor industry: A small bicycle maker evolves into a car builder; the business grows and ultimately becomes part of an industry consolidation; the figurehead retreats and retires; and the name is finally dropped from the cars.
Author(s): David White, Jack Felton, and Christopher McKenna
