Beaufort Motor Co
of 14 Baker Street, London
1904 October. Details and illustration of a Beaufort petrol lorry with 12-hp two-cylinder engine.[1][2]
1905 August. Details of the 10-12hp and 24hp cars.[3]
1906 The company was registered on 16 May, to acquire the business carried on under the title of the Beaufort Motor Company Ltd. Directors are: John Edgar Lound (proprietor of the Beaufort Motor Co), Arthur Vaughan Cowell, Sir Frederick Frankland, Richard Vincent Jellicoe and William Alan Turquand (Engineer). [4] [5]
At the beginning of this century the Beaufort Motor Co based in Twickenham, Middlesex built motor-buses.
The London General Omnibus Co tried out a few Beauforts. They were all open-top double-deckers fitted with chain drive.
Early Registrations
- 1902 CR 3 8 hp
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Autocar 1904/10/08
- ↑ The Autocar 1904/10/22
- ↑ The Autocar 1905/08/26
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Monday, May 21, 1906
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris