1st Baron Rootes

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William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes - Death
... William Rootes’s untimely death in 1964 prevented him being installed as the first Chancellor of the University of Warwick, with which he is ...

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    “No other man-made device since the shields and lances of the ancient knights fulfills a man’s ego like an automobile.”
    —Sir William Rootes (1894–1964)

    “Erle Douglas on his milk-white steede,
    Most like a baron bold,
    Rode foremost of his company,
    Whose armor shone like gold.”
    —Unknown. Chevy Chase (l. 65–68)