Rich,
Yet Sir William Lyons was Knighted for designing the incredible Jaguar
DOHC six cylinder....among other great little gems like the SS-90/SS-100's the
Mk series the XK's and XKE and XJ's, etc. In fact I myself own an XJ-6L
Series II and its a wonderful car and highly innovative...Alas, the BMC and
British-Leyland eras effectively destroyed much of the uniqueness of
British Motoring, IMHO...
Respectfully,
Alberto Escalante
In a message dated 4/15/2010 2:44:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rbgosling@googlemail.com writes:
"May I ask your opinion as a Brit..What do you feel prompted William
Morris'
by then a highly respectable Industrialist and Automotive Giant to want to
buy a Lordship title thus becoming Lord Nuffield in his latter years?"
I'm not the Brit you asked, but I'm a Brit and I'll answer...
I know little about William Morris' peerage in particular, He wouldn't
need to buy one. (But he did--AE)
Interesting to note that his most major charitable activity, the creation
of the Nuffield Foundation (a substantial educational charity, founded an
Oxford college, and I remember my physics textbooks at school being
published by them!), came 5 years AFTER his highest title (Viscount) was
endowed,
and so you can say with certainty he didn't make the foundation in order to
influence any peerage decision.
Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT)
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