The Resume

(August 27, 1877-July 12, 1910)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Automotive and aviation pioneer
Co-founder of Rolls-Royce (1906)
First Briton killed in an airplane crash

Why he might be annoying:

He was born into the wealthy aristocracy.
Although he had majored in Mechanical and Applied Science at Cambridge, his duties at Rolls-Royce were sales and publicity, while Henry Royce handled the engineering.
He quit Rolls-Royce after unsuccessfully trying to convince Royce to design aircraft engines.
Ironically, by the 1920s, aircraft engines had passed cars as Rolls-Royce's principal business.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a founding member of the Automobile Club of Great Britain (1897) and the Royal Aero Club (1903).
He set a world land speed record of 93 mph (1903).
He was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel and back non-stop (June 2, 1910).
His exploits had made him so famous that debate in the House of Lords was interrupted to announce his death.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 20]
• Dead Pilots Society
• I am Bloody Welsh
• I Attended Cambridge
• I Attended Eton
• I Died in 1910 (Ranked: 32)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 32)
• I Died While Flying
• Look at Me, I'm Driving
• My Name, My Company
• Pilots
• Profiles 25751-26000 (Ranked: 25777)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 103 Votes: 39.81% Annoying