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Maurice Wilks (Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks) was born on 19 August, 1904 in Eastoke, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, is an English automotive and aeronautical engineer. Discover Maurice Wilks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks
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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August 1904
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Eastoke, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England
Date of death 8 September, 1963
Died Place Newborough, Anglesey, Wales
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1904

Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks (19 August 1904 – 8 September 1963) was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company.

He was the founder of the Land Rover Marque and responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the first Land Rover off-road utility vehicle.

Wilks was born on 19 August 1904 on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, the youngest of five sons and one daughter of Thomas Wilks (born Balham), a director of Leather Co and his wife Jane Eliza (born St. Sepulchre, London), a Suffragette.

One of his brothers was Spencer Wilks who became managing director, chairman and president of the Rover Car Company.

He was educated at Malvern College.

1922

Maurice Wilks worked from 1922 to 1926 for the Hillman Motor Car Company in Coventry.

1926

In 1926 he went to work for General Motors in the United States but after two years in the U.S., returned to England and Hillman.

1929

Spencer Wilks had been brought in from Hillman in September 1929 by Rover's Frank Searle made general manager and given a seat on Rover's board the following year.

1930

Wilks remained at Hillman as a planning engineer until 1930, when he moved to the Rover Company as chief engineer following his much older brother, Spencer.

In 1930 Spencer and Maurice Wilks on Spencer's appointment to the board made the important decision to make only high quality cars.

During World War II, Wilks led Rover's team developing Frank Whittle's gas turbine aircraft engines.

From the early 1930s, until merged with British Leyland, Rover had much of the nature of a family business.

Spencer Wilks and John Black of the Standard Motor Company married sisters, daughters of William Hillman bicycle and automobile manufacturer.

1932

Spencer would be appointed managing director of Rover from 1932

1937

He married Barbara Martin-Hurst in 1937.

1943

Experiencing difficulties with Whittle's team Rover passed the project to Rolls-Royce in 1943.

1946

Maurice Wilks remained chief engineer until appointed technical director in 1946.

1947

By the summer of 1947 Rover had built a prototype Land Rover vehicle based on a Jeep chassis.

In September 1947, the Rover company authorised the production of 50 pre-production models for evaluation purposes.

1948

The Land Rover was launched to the world at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show.

Maurice Wilks was a leading light in the establishment and development of the proving ground facilities of the Motor Industry Research Association.

1949

After the war, Wilks continued working with gas turbine engines, leading to Rover unveiling the first gas turbine powered car in 1949.

Shortly after the war, whilst at his farm in Anglesey, Wilks, who used an army surplus Willys Jeep for farm work, and his brother Spencer who was visiting him, were inspired to develop and produce a utility four-wheel-drive vehicle for farmers, and the name Land Rover was coined for it.

1956

He was appointed joint managing director with brother Spencer Wilks in August 1956 and succeeded his brother as managing director in November 1960.

1962

In January 1962 preferring policy to day-to-day management he was appointed chairman of the Rover Company in succession to his older brother Spencer Wilks.

The managing director appointment was given to W F F Martin-Hurst.

1963

Wilks died at his farm near Newborough, Anglesey, on 8 September 1963.

He was 59.

His obituary in The Times described him as shunning publicity but added that he was farsighted and regarded as one of the industry's outstanding engineers with a brilliant knowledge of engineering detail.

He was survived by his wife and three children.