The coming together of Sir W.

G.

Armstrong, Whitworth and Co.

Ltd.

and the Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Co.

Ltd.

saw the formation of Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd.

in 1919.

The early cars were unashamedely aimed at the top end of the market, occupied by the likes of Rolls-Royce, Napier and Daimler and the first Armstrong-Siddeley was a 30hp 5-litre model with an overhead valve, six-cylinder engine, cast in threes.

The marque was distinguished by its V-shaped radiator, Sphinx radiator emblem and ‘new-style’ disc wheels.

The Burlington Carriage Co.

Ltd.

were Coventry based and proved an obvious local choice for the coachwork on many of the new Armstrong-Siddeleys.

This car is no exception and carries open-drive limousine coachwork by that company.

It was purchased new in either late 1919 or early 1920 by Sir Hubert Swinburne of Capheaton Hall, Northumberland, remarkably remaining in that family until today.

George Watson, an estate worker, trained as the first chauffeur and i...