Description Ex - Lord King of Wartnaby and his family before that since 1930; then purchased by our vendor in 2002; originally painted with Babcock and King livery; a lovley rare machine Morris Commercial’s roots can be traced back to Soho, Birmingham, when William Morris purchased a large axle manufacturing company, EG Wrigley & Sons, from the receiver on 1st January 1924.

Morris used the factory as a production facility to manufacture his new Morris Commercial range of trucks and light vans, outgrowing the central Birmingham location within eight years.

A move to Adderley Park on the other side of town in 1932 enabled Morris Commercial to become a world-wide name, with a range of specialist products being offered including ambulances, taxis and buses.

We believe that this particular Light Van was first owned by the grandmother of well known British businessman, Baron King of Wartnaby (1917 – 2005), most famous for privatising British Airways during the premiership of Margaret That...