Alexander Brothers
Henry and Alfred Alexander
Henry (b. - 16 May 1886, Edinburgh, d. - ?) and Alfred Hope Alexander
(b. - 28 Feb 1891, Edinburgh, d. - 21 Feb 1891, Edinburgh) were Joint Managing Directors of Alexanders of Edinburgh, Ltd.,
an offshoot of a cycle and motor cycle business started by J. R. Alexander, Snr along with his sons James, Henry and Alfred,
and claimed to be the oldest Ford Main dealers in Britain. Henry was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and studied
engineering as apprentice to Argyll Motors, Alexandria and Arrol Johnston's, Paisley, while his younger brother Alfred was
apprenticed in1906 into Motor Engineering. The brothers exhibited a monoplane at the 1910 Scottish Motor Show.
Project Data
Project No | Type
No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec
(Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description | References |
| |
Monoplane | | 1910 | |
Proto |
1 |
1S, 1E monoplane | 1 |
Project References
- British Aircraft Before The Great War,
Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
- British Aircraft 1809-1914,
Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962)
Total Alexander Brothers Production
1
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