No automobile evokes genteel country living quite like the classic British shooting brake—especially when this charming body style is paired with a fine luxury chassis.

Such is the case with this elegant Rolls-Royce Phantom II.

Originally delivered to S.

C.

Harrison of Birmingham, England, with a Weymann fabric saloon body, it shortly thereafter passed to cigarette magnate W.

F.

Player of Nottingham.

At some point in the 1930s—as was frequently done at the time—the Phantom II was reborn as a luxurious, four-door shooting brake with beautifully constructed wooden bodywork.

The coachbuilder responsible for the conversion has sadly had their name lost to history, though the work was certainly performed to a professional standard and the proportions are excellent.

In 1962 the Rolls-Royce passed into the renowned collection of Lord Doune, the Earl of Moray.

A descendant of King James V of Scotland, he was an avid automobile enthusiast whose museum this car shared with the Le Mans ...