Undecimus Stratton

Undecimus Stratton (1868 – 12 July 1929) was the manager of Daimler's London depot and supplier of automobiles to British, Spanish and German royalty.

He married Lily O'Hara Thompson, a society beauty, in February 1898 and, in his early thirties, retired to an estate to train his racehorses and trotting horses.

Fellow motorist and balloon enthusiast, The Honourable Sir Charles Rolls, was a close friend of Stratton's and offered him a partnership in a new motor sales venture.

[3] One of Stratton's last services for King George V was to convert one of His Majesty's large Daimlers into an ambulance to carry him to Bognor, Sussex, to recover from a feverish cold in early 1929.

[3][11] King George V and Queen Mary, upon Stratton's death, expressed their "deepest and most heartfelt sympathy" and stated "it is a source of the greatest regret... that they will never be able to avail themselves again of the invaluable advice and assistance [he] has given them for so many years.