[1] It was formally founded in 1905 by Gerald Mann, an electrical engineer and Hubert Egerton, although the two had been working in partnership for a number of preceding years (the logo “Tern” used in the 1960s was often accompanied by the statement “ESTD.

The company supplied its first custom built car body in 1909 for a Rolls-Royce chassis.

[3] Towards the end of the conflict the firm built 100 SPAD S.VII French designed fighters.

Over the years garages in several other towns were opened or acquired, including Central London where they sold cars of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, Finchley, Lowestoft, Uttoxeter, Leicester, Nottingham (formerly Atkeys), Derby and Worcester.

Mann Egerton was acquired by Inchcape plc in September 1973, although its woodworking business continued until it was bought out by the management in 1986.