Talk:Henry Royce
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[edit] Rolls-Royce car badge colour
I had always thought the RR changed to black on the death of Sir Charles Rolls in 1910. Is it possible to check this?
- The badge changed colour in 1930 which was 3 years before Sir Henry Royce died. It was changed purely for aesthetic reasons.Malcolma 08:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Grandson
This paragraph was added on 17 Dec 2006 -
Royce's great grand son, Simon Royce, is a professional footballer who currently plays for Gillingham F.C.. Before becoming a professional footballer, Simon Royce enjoyed a distinguished academic career in engineering, receiving a First Class Honours degree from Imperial College, London. Simon Royce has also written a number of articles about his great grandfather's pioneering work on radial engines for aircraft and it is expected that this work will be published in early 2008.
I have removed it as I doubt its accuracy as biographies record Royce had no children. If I am wrong then it can be re-instated.
Malcolma (talk) 14:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Quite correct. Simon Royce, academic and footballer is in fact a great grand nephew of Sir Frederick Henry Royce.Cess Poole (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- Quite incorrect in fact, as it's utter bollocks. There has recently been a spate of such ludicrous claims being added to Simon Royce's article by a range of new users who, in the interests of assuming good faith I'm going to assume are not all sockpuppets..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
