Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the...
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Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It...
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The Wolseley Viper is a British-built, high-compression derivative of the Hispano Suiza HS-8 liquid-cooled V-8 engine, built under licence by Wolseley Motors...
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The Wolseley is a restaurant located at 160 Piccadilly in London, England, next to The Ritz London. Designed by the architect William Curtis Green, the...
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Ferguson plc (redirect from Wolseley (builders' merchant))
Ferguson plc (formerly Wolseley plc) is a British multinational plumbing and heating products distributor with its head office in Wokingham, England. Its...
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The Wolseley 6/99 and 6/110 were the final large Wolseley cars. Styled by Pininfarina with additions by BMC staff stylists, the basic vehicle was also...
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The Wolseley 15/60 is an automobile which was produced from 1958 to 1961, and then, as the Wolseley 16/60, from 1961 to 1971. The 15/60 was the first...
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take-off. Wolseley W.4A Python I 110 kW (150 hp), compression ratio of 4.7:1. License production of the 8Aa at Wolseley Motors Ltd. Wolseley W.4A Python...
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The Wolseley 4/50 and similar 6/80 were Wolseley Motors' first post-war automobiles. They were put into production in 1948 and were based on the Morris...
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the Wolseley, Wolseley-Siddeley and Stellite names. These early designs were by Austin, founder of this business for Vickers. Austin left Wolseley in 1905...
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BMC ADO16 (redirect from Wolseley 1100)
Vanden Plas: Princess 1100, Princess 1275 and Princess 1300 Wolseley: 1100, 1275 and 1300 Wolseley: 11/55 & Wesp In line with BMC's policy at the time, Austin...
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The Wolseley River is a river in Sudbury District and Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic...
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The Wolseley 6/90 is a car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited in the United Kingdom from 1954 to 1959. Announced on the first day of the October 1954...
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produced by Standard Motor Company 1938–59 Wolseley Eight, a four-door, light saloon car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1946 to 1948 Straight...
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The Wolseley 4/44 is an automobile that was introduced by the British Motor Corporation in 1952 and manufactured from 1953 until 1956. It was designed...
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The Wolseley 60 hp or Type C was a British liquid-cooled V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1910, it was designed and built by Wolseley Motors. The engine...
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Wolseley is a small town in the upper Breede River Valley region of the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 2011 Census it had a population of...
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The Wolseley 15/50 was an updated version of the Wolseley 4/44. The main change was the engine; the 4/44 used a pre BMC Morris XPA unit and after the...
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Pith helmet (redirect from Wolseley helmet)
1900 Dress Regulations as "the Wolseley pattern cork helmet". It is named after Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Wolseley. With its swept-back brim, it provided...
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Princess (car) (redirect from Wolseley 18:22)
the design code ADO71, was originally marketed as the Austin / Morris / Wolseley 18–22 series. Ahead of the October 1975 London Motor Show the range was...
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The Wolseley expedition was a military force authorized by Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald to confront Louis Riel and the Métis in 1870, during...
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British Motor Corporation (section Wolseley)
1964–68 Wolseley 4/44 1952–56 Wolseley 6/90 1954–59 Wolseley 15/50 1956–58 Wolseley 1500 1957–65 Wolseley 15/60 1958–61 Wolseley 16/60 1961–71 Wolseley 6/99...
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Humber P + 19 Sunbeam P + 17 Bean 13 Talbot P + 10 Hillman 9 Vauxhall 9 Wolseley 8 Swift 5 Star 1 Arrol Johnson P + 1340 United Kingdom 15 per cent P = expensive...
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Wolseley (Canada 2011 Census population 864) is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 100 km east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway...
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Riley One-Point-Five (redirect from Wolseley 1500)
The Riley One-Point-Five and similar Wolseley 1500 are automobiles produced by Riley and Wolseley respectively from 1957 until 1965. They utilised the...
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The Wolseley Hornet is a six-cylinder twelve fiscal horsepower lightweight automobile which was offered as a saloon car, coupé and open two-seater as well...
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best-placed German representative driving a Mercedes. Charles Rolls, driving a Wolseley, was the best-placed British representative, finishing eighth, while only...
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Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first...
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BMC ADO17 (redirect from Wolseley Six)
Morris 1800, and by Wolseley as the Wolseley 18/85. Later, with a 2.2 L engine, also as the Austin 2200, Morris 2200 and Wolseley Six. Informally, because...
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The Wolseley 24/80 is an automobile produced by British Motor Corporation (Australia) from May 1962 to October 1965, based on the British four-cylinder...
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