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Siddeley took advantage of parent companies Armstrong's and Vickers' financial difficulties of the mid-1920s and by 1927 he had gained control of all three Siddeley businesses. He remained their chairman until 1935 when, at the age of 70, he arranged his last takeover with
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During 1905 Wolseley—which then dominated the UK car market—purchased the goodwill and patent rights of his
Siddeley Autocar Company business and appointed Siddeley London sales manager of
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for engines. This was a common enough approach for aircraft engines, but
Armstrong-Siddeley were also early at applying them to motor cars. To provide a supply of the most sophisticated
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in 1903. By 1905, the company had a dozen models for sale and some of them were built for him at
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subsidiary Clipper Tyre Company he gained prominence in the motor industry by driving a 6 hp
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740:Terms of theFusion. Armstrong's And Vickers.
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