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William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 – 12 December 1964) was a British motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume manufacture of aircraft and engines, as well as the supply of military motor vehicles and armoured fighting vehicles. He was knighted in 1942 for these services and for organising the reconstruction of bomb-damaged Coventry after its saturation bombing by the Luftwaffe on 14–15 November 1940. In the 1950s, he became a leader of Britain's export drive, and chaired a committee to found the University of Warwick with a vision of academic links with industry.

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  • William „Billy“ Edward Rootes, 1. Baron Rootes (* 17. August 1894 in , Kent; † 12. Dezember 1964) war ein britischer Automobilindustrieller. (de)
  • William Edward Rootes (17 de agosto de 1894 - 12 de diciembre de 1964)​ fue un fabricante británico de motores, fundador de la empresa automovilística que lleva su apellido, el Grupo Rootes. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial su empresa se dedicó a la fabricación de bombarderos, y tras la contienda, colaboró activamente en la reconstrucción de la ciudad de Coventry. También fue el artífice de la estrategia comercial de dedicar distintas marcas del mismo grupo para cubrir la demanda de diferentes sectores del mercado automovilístico. (es)
  • William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 – 12 December 1964) was a British motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume manufacture of aircraft and engines, as well as the supply of military motor vehicles and armoured fighting vehicles. He was knighted in 1942 for these services and for organising the reconstruction of bomb-damaged Coventry after its saturation bombing by the Luftwaffe on 14–15 November 1940. In the 1950s, he became a leader of Britain's export drive, and chaired a committee to found the University of Warwick with a vision of academic links with industry. (en)
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  • William Edward Rootes (en)
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  • Rootes in 1937 (en)
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  • William Rootes (en)
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  • On either side a horse argent gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a wheel Or. (en)
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  • William „Billy“ Edward Rootes, 1. Baron Rootes (* 17. August 1894 in , Kent; † 12. Dezember 1964) war ein britischer Automobilindustrieller. (de)
  • William Edward Rootes (17 de agosto de 1894 - 12 de diciembre de 1964)​ fue un fabricante británico de motores, fundador de la empresa automovilística que lleva su apellido, el Grupo Rootes. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial su empresa se dedicó a la fabricación de bombarderos, y tras la contienda, colaboró activamente en la reconstrucción de la ciudad de Coventry. También fue el artífice de la estrategia comercial de dedicar distintas marcas del mismo grupo para cubrir la demanda de diferentes sectores del mercado automovilístico. (es)
  • William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 – 12 December 1964) was a British motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume manufacture of aircraft and engines, as well as the supply of military motor vehicles and armoured fighting vehicles. He was knighted in 1942 for these services and for organising the reconstruction of bomb-damaged Coventry after its saturation bombing by the Luftwaffe on 14–15 November 1940. In the 1950s, he became a leader of Britain's export drive, and chaired a committee to found the University of Warwick with a vision of academic links with industry. (en)
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  • William Rootes, 1. Baron Rootes (de)
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  • William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes (en)
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