Lord Nuffield: An Illustrated Life of William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield, 1877-1963
By (Author) Peter Hull
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shire Publications
20th May 2012
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
941.08092
48
Width 148mm, Height 208mm, Spine 8mm
120g
William Richard Morris, later Lord Nuffield, rose from humble beginnings to become one of Britain's leading industrialists and philanthropists, and it is to his career that Oxford's industrial standing can largely be attributed. Having established his own cycle business nine months after leaving school at fourteen, he quickly developed plans for a small, high quality car that could be mass-produced and so the first Morris Oxford appeared in 1913. The boom of the 1920s made Morris a millionaire and peer, and it was not long before he had embarked upon a program of philanthropy that would see him give away over 30,000,000, much of it to hospitals and other medical causes. He also financed the establishment of Nuffield College, Oxford, which bears his title. His name ceased to appear on motorcars in 1983, when Morris Motors became part of British Leyland, but the MG (Morris Garages) badge has survived as a fitting memorial.
Peter Hull was on the staff of the Vintage Sports-car Club from 1965 to 1986 and was Secretary from 1971-1986. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and a Trustee of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust.