3595 x 4399 px | 30,4 x 37,2 cm | 12 x 14,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2 novembre 2024
Lieu:
Pall Mall, St James's, London
Informations supplémentaires:
Man and Woman pose in their 1904 Siddeley, Wearing outfits celebrating Women's emancipation, and the Suffragette Movement, in Pall Mall. John Davenport Siddeley, later Lord Kenilworth, came from prosperous northern stock – his father was a hosier in the North West – and enjoys the unique distinction of being the first person to ride a bicycle of his own construction from Lands End to John O’Groats. His cycling interests lead naturally to motor cars, following time served with both Humber and Rover in the cycle industry. After a brief spell with Dunlop Tyres, in the infancy of pneumatic tyres, he was appointed British agent for Peugeot and was soon to establish the Siddeley Autocar Company in Coventry, building his own cars which were a blatant crib on the Peugeot models. As a businessman Siddeley was ruthless but a highly talented and able negotiator and engineer who later went on to greater things with Vickers Ltd (Wolseley and Wolseley-Siddeley), the Deasy Motor Co. (Deasy J D S and Siddeley-Deasy), Sir W G Armstrong-Whitworth Ltd (Armstrong-Whitworth and later Armstrong-Siddeley cars), the A V Roe aircraft co. and briefly with Hawker-Siddeley. The humble but effective single-cylinder Siddeley of 1904 was but the first chapter in a fascinating and brilliant compendium. This remarkable car first came into the vendor’s family in 1934. It was delivered new to King & Sons of Bournemouth on 15th November 1904 and first registered with the Bournemouth County Borough Council Registration Authority in March 1905, when it was delivered to a Dr. Davidson for use in his medical practice. The car remained in use until 1917, including the early years of the war and during these 13 years had six recorded owners. It is believed that it was then laid up from 1917 through to 1934 when it was discovered by pioneer veteran car enthusiast, R G J Nash, at a coal dump at Honiton in Devon and rescued for preservation.
