In 1907 Charles Rolls, whose interests had turned increasingly to flying, tried unsuccessfully to persuade Royce and the other directors to design an aero engine.

Charles Rolls, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce car firm, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)

Calthrop was a close personal friend of Charles Rolls, of Rolls-Royce fame.

The car was subsequently sold to Charles Rolls for £1,200.

Her youngest son, Charles Rolls, took the royal couple on what might have been their first car ride.

Charles Rolls was born in Mayfair in 1877 and was the fourth man in England to own a car.

June - Charles Rolls becomes the first Englishman to fly across the Channel.

With Charles Rolls, he would later make the first ascent in a spherical gas balloon made in England by the Short brothers.

However only four months later, his friend Charles Rolls was killed in a flying accident and Moore-Brabazon's wife persuaded him to give up flying.

A memorial statue of Charles Rolls by Scott stands on the promenade in Dover.