For info on the event of the 1953-1958 MG Magnette, continue on to the following page. Morris Motors, BMC's "different half," was founded in Cowley, near Oxford, by William R. Morris. He, too, was knighted (in 1929) and made a peer of the realm (in 1934), selecting the title Lord Nuffield. By that time, This product his enterprise, subsequently retitled the Nuffield Organisation, encompassed not only the Morris and MG marques but in addition Riley and Wolseley, two of many companies Sir William picked up alongside the way. This was Leonard Percy Lord, production wizard and self-styled car designer. Though Morris was Britain's dominant motor company as early as 1913, Lord helped make it even greater -- solely to be fired by Lord Nuffield in 1936 in a dispute over revenue sharing. Vowing revenge, Len Lord acquired himself employed at Austin some two years later and was heading the place by 1942 (after Lord Austin's dying the earlier 12 months). This post h as been do ne with GSA Conte nt 
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