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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1894-08-17
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Goudhurst,_Kent,_England
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Geoffrey_Rootes
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gptkbp:contribution
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wartime production during World War II
reconstruction of British motor industry post-WWII
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1964-12-12
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Cranbrook_School,_Kent
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:Rootes_Group
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:William_Edward_Rootes
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gptkbp:hasCompany
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gptkb:Hillman_Motor_Car_Company
gptkb:Talbot
gptkb:Singer_Motors
gptkb:Karrier
gptkb:Rootes_Group
gptkb:Humber_Limited
gptkb:Sunbeam_Motor_Car_Company
Commer
Tilling-Stevens
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gptkbp:honor
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gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Baron_Rootes
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir William Rootes
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gptkbp:industry
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automotive
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Rootes_Group
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:Royal_Flying_Corps
gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableWork
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contribution to British motor industry
expansion of Rootes Group
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:industrialist
businessman
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gptkbp:parent
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gptkb:William_Rootes_Sr.
Mary Rootes
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gptkbp:peerage
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1959
Baron Rootes of Ramsbury in the County of Wiltshire
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gptkbp:role
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Chairman of Rootes Group
Managing Director of Rootes Group
President of the British Employers' Confederation
President of the British Export Council
President of the British Export Society
President of the British Institute of Management
President of the British Productivity Council
President of the British Road Federation
President of the Engineering Employers' Federation
President of Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
President of the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers
President of the Motor Industry Research Association
President of the Institution of Production Engineers
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Nora_Press
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Geoffrey_Rootes
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:Baron_Rootes
Sir
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ramsbury,_Wiltshire,_England
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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