Charles Rolls
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Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Stewart Rolls was a British motoring and aviation pioneer. With Henry Royce, he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was the first Briton to be killed in an aeronautical accident with a powered aircraft, when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display in Bournemouth. He was aged 32.