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Statue of Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce, standing outside the company's HQ at Moor Lane, Derby
Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce ( March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce company.
He was born in Alwalton , Huntingdonshire, near Peterborough.
His first car was a Decauville . It was faulty, so he decided to manufacture his own cars, known as Royce - only three were made (none preserved). Charles Rolls saw one of them and they joined forces to make the Rolls Royce.
On his death, as a sign of mourning, the company permanently changed the colour of the "RR" lettering on the Rolls-Royce badge from red to black.
The statue inscription, brief life story of Frederick Henry Royce
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