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He was born in Berkeley Square, London but retained a strong family connection with his ancestral home of Hendre, Monmouth, Wales. He was a son of the 1st Baron Llangattock. Rolls was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and from his youth was interested in engines. He teamed up with Frederick Henry Royce to found the manufacturing company in 1906, Royce providing the technical expertise to go with Rolls's financial backing and business acumen.

Rolls was also a pioneer aviator and was the second person in Britain to be licensed to fly by the Royal Aero ClubThe Royal Aero Club is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom. The Royal Aero Club (RAeC) was founded in 1901. It was initially concerned with ballooning but, after the invention of heavier than air flight, it embraced the air. He was the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English ChannelThe English Channel is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. In French it is called La Manche ("the sleeve"). It is about 350 miles long and at its widest i by plane. In the same year, 1910, he was killed in an air crash at BournemouthBournemouth is a seaside resort in Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is located about 107 miles southwest of London and at Latitude 50. 43N and Longitude 1. 54W; the town overlooks Bournemouth Bay. It had been traditionally considered part of Hamp when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off. He was the first Briton to be killed in an aeronautical accident.

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