Charles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race in a 20 hp Rolls-Royce mb-code LMG128889 View of the new London

View of the new London Bridge from the pool of the River Thames

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the other of a design of 1875

In the background are the Lambeth Waterworks and the Old Lion Brewery

Charles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race in a 20 hp Rolls-Royce mb-code LMG128889 View of the new LondonCharles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race in a 20 hp Rolls Royce, 1906. Rolls set up business selling French and Belgian cars before going into partnership with Henry Royce, forming the motor car and engine manufacturing company Rolls Royce in 1904. The same year Rolls crossed the English Channel by balloon, and in June 1910 made the first non stop double crossing by aeroplane. The following month he was killed in a plane crash.