Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Siddeley, John D
- Siddeley Deasy Motor Car Co Ltd
- Stoneleigh Motors Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Aeroengines & components production
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle production
Notes:
Traced origins to Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co Ltd of Coventry, a manufacturer of luxury cars which was revived by J D Siddeley from 1910. From 1912 known as Siddeley Deasy Motor Car Co. 1912 established Stoneleigh Motors Ltd, a manufacturer of light cars in order to extend its range. Diversified into aircraft and aero engine manufacture in First World War. Acquired in 1919 by Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle, which already made motor cars, and renamed Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. Made luxury cars and had works at Parkside, Coventry. 1927 bought out, along with AW aero engine business, by Siddeley who subsequently sold out to interests associated with Hawker Aircraft Ltd and subsumed into the newly formed Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd. Armstrong Siddeley was subsequently merged with Bristol Aero Engines to form Bristol Siddeley which in turn merged with Rolls-Royce in 1966. Motor car production stopped c1960
Publications:
- Advertising Armstrong Siddeley, 1904-1960 by Smith, Bill, & Daniel Young
- Armstrong Siddeley Motor Car by Welsh, David
- Armstrong Siddeley Motors. The cars, the company and the people in definitive detail by Smith, Bill
- Armstrong Siddeley. The Parkside Story, 1896-1939 by Cook, Ray
- Armstrong Siddleley by Ward, Rod
- Early Computing in Britain. Ferranti Ltd and government funding, 1948-1958 by Lavington, Simon H
- Evening and the Morning by Redman, M
- History of Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd by Unknown
- John Davenport Siddeley by Orme-Bannister, Grahame
- Mastering failure. Technological and organisational challenges in British and American military jet propulsion, 1943-1957 by Scranton, Philip
- Metropolitan Vickers, the Gas Turbine and the State. A socio technical history, 1935-1960 by Whitfield, Jakob
- Parkside. Armstrong Siddeley to Rolls Royce, 1939-1994 by Lawton, Roy
- View of Ansty, 1935-1982 by Williams, David E
- Walter Wilson. Portrait of an inventor by Wilson, Gordon A, with Rodney Dale (ed)
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Siddeley, John D
- Siddeley Deasy Motor Car Co Ltd
- Stoneleigh Motors Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Aeroengines & components production
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
Notes:
Traced origins to Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co Ltd of Coventry, a manufacturer of luxury cars which was revived by J D Siddeley from 1910. From 1912 known as Siddeley Deasy Motor Car Co. 1912 established Stoneleigh Motors Ltd, a manufacturer of light cars in order to extend its range. Diversified into aircraft and aero engine manufacture in First World War. Acquired in 1919 by Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle, which already made motor cars, and renamed Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. Made luxury cars and had works at Parkside, Coventry. 1927 bought out, along with AW aero engine business, by Siddeley who subsequently sold out to interests associated with Hawker Aircraft Ltd and subsumed into the newly formed Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd. Armstrong Siddeley was subsequently merged with Bristol Aero Engines to form Bristol Siddeley which in turn merged with Rolls-Royce in 1966. Motor car production stopped c1960Publications:
- Advertising Armstrong Siddeley, 1904-1960 by Smith, Bill, & Daniel Young
- Armstrong Siddeley Motor Car by Welsh, David
- Armstrong Siddeley Motors. The cars, the company and the people in definitive detail by Smith, Bill
- Armstrong Siddeley. The Parkside Story, 1896-1939 by Cook, Ray
- Armstrong Siddleley by Ward, Rod
- Early Computing in Britain. Ferranti Ltd and government funding, 1948-1958 by Lavington, Simon H
- Evening and the Morning by Redman, M
- History of Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd by Unknown
- John Davenport Siddeley by Orme-Bannister, Grahame
- Mastering failure. Technological and organisational challenges in British and American military jet propulsion, 1943-1957 by Scranton, Philip
- Metropolitan Vickers, the Gas Turbine and the State. A socio technical history, 1935-1960 by Whitfield, Jakob
- Parkside. Armstrong Siddeley to Rolls Royce, 1939-1994 by Lawton, Roy
- View of Ansty, 1935-1982 by Williams, David E
- Walter Wilson. Portrait of an inventor by Wilson, Gordon A, with Rodney Dale (ed)