Wikipedia:  Sir William Lyons, better known as "Mr. Jaguar" was, with fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became Jaguar Cars Limited after the Second World War. He was born in Blackpool, son of William Lyons from Ireland, who ran a music shop, and Minnie Lyons daughter of a mill owner....
Read More »