George Lanchester mb-height 4834 A bottle has tipped over

A bottle has tipped over in the foreground spilling drink

Members of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons seated round a table

The following year Singer converted three of their 1

'The diversion of battledore and shittlecock'

twin-cam engine providing 105bhp and capable of reaching a top speed of 108mph

George Lanchester mb-height 4834 A bottle has tipped overGeorge Lanchester. Together with his brothers he formed the Lanchester Engine Company, which became the Lanchester Motor Company in 1905. Lanchester was the first British motor manufacturer to export left hand drive cars, with overseas customers including Henry Ford and a number of Indian Maharajahs. The company was taken over by the BSA Daimler group in 1933, and production of Lanchesters was reduced, the last car being built in 1955.