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Charles Rolls

Charles Rolls
Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)

Charles Stewart Rolls was a British motoring and aviation pioneer. With Henry Royce, he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was the first Briton to be killed in an aeronautical accident with a powered aircraft, when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display in Bournemouth. He was aged 32.

27 August 1877

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