The Sunburnt Country. This book is a MUST for all enthusiasts in Australia and indeed for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley owners worldwide. Please note: the "first fifty years" covers 1906-1956. "The Sunburnt Country" Supplement The Foundation published ‘Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country - The First Fifty Years in Australia’ in 1999. Soon after the authors, Tom Clarke and David Neely, began compiling a Supplement to include information and images that came and continue to come to light since publication. The book was reprinted May 2022 and includes the Supplements from 1999-July 2021. It is available from the Shop,

Awards as held by the Sir Henry Royce Foundation in research, photography, art, engineering and automotive apprentice. Foundation Awards Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Award for Australian Apprentice of the Year The SHRF wishes to promote excellence in the engineering tradition of Sir Henry Royce by recognizing and annually awarding a current apprentice who demonstrates an outstanding skill-set and attitude and who is currently employed in Australia in the servicing of Rolls-Royce and Bentley products including diesel, aero or commercial engines as well as coachbuilding. The award is $1000 plus name added to the perpetual trophy. Applications close on 30th June 2026 . Click here for current and past winners . Click here for details and information. Click here for the 2026 application form. FJ Engish Award for RROCA Club Members' Photographs of Club Events The name of the Award recognises the photographic contribution to The Foundation of the F. J Engish Photographic Archive, containing some 20,000 photographs of cars and people, particularly of RROCA and Branch events. This Archive was gifted to The Foundation by 50-year RROCA Member Fred Engish who has taken these photographs over his time with the Club. A prize is awarded to the Club Member whose photograph, taken at a Club event during the calendar year, is judged by the Trustees as being of artistic merit and is representative of the ethos of the Club in relation to both Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars and fellowship amongst Members.” The current process is for the Praeclarvm Editor to “advertise” the Award in the last two issues for the year with a closing date of end-January and the winner announced in Praeclarum. Entries close 30th June 2026 . Click here for current and past winners . Click here to download the entry form. Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Awards for Excellence for Apprentices in Automotive studies. There are two awards for apprentices in Automotive studies at Kangan Institute. Entries close 30th June 2026. 1) The SHRF award is presented to an automotive apprentice who has made a significant contribution to the pursuit of excellence in their studies at the Victorian Kangan Institute. The award was first presented in 2007 and consists of a trophy and a cheque for $1,000. 2) The Lionel Gell School of Instruction Award to the apprentice of the year in Automotive studies which carries a cheque for $5,000. A perpetual trophy which records the award winners is housed in the Foundation's Archive. Click here for current and past winners . Foundation Trophy This trophy is awarded solely at the discretion of the Trustees. This trophy is awarded to a person (or people) who, in the opinion of the Trustees, has made a significant and long-term contribution to the ideals of Sir Henry Royce – the pursuit of excellence. Click here for current and past winners . The Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Art Award The Foundation’s Art Award, held under the auspices of the Sherbrook Art Society, Sherbrook, Melbourne. Paintings entered into this competition must have a Rolls-Royce or Bentley as the main theme. The standard of paintings is extremely high. The three prize-winning paintings are acquired by The Foundation under the terms of the competition and are and are hung in Bill Allsep House. Cash prizes for first, second and third. Click here for current and past winners . The Si r Henry Royce Foundation - Research Award In 2017, the Trustees of the Foundation initiated ‘The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Research Award. This award, with a prize of $500, which will be awarded annually to the person who in the opinion of Trustees, has made best use of Foundation ‘Archive’ to research a topic of Rolls-Royce and Bentley interest and who has published this research in Praeclarum or in a wider distribution, publicly available media. This Award is open to all, not just members of the RROC-A. Entries must be submitted to the Hon. Archivist by 30th June 2026 so that the Trustees and Archivist can decide on a winner for announcement at the annual Federal Rally of the RROCA. Click here for the Nomination Form . Click here for current and past winners. ©All rights reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording without express written consent from the copyright owner. Individual works of art are copyright of respective copyright owner.

What's on at the Sire Henry Royce Foundation Australia at their Coolum, Canberra and Rowville archives and showrooms. What's On at the Foundation The Sir Henry Royce Foundation celebrates 30 years in 2026. It will be holding a celebratory dinner at the Royal Automobile Club Australia (RACA) in Sydney on 14th November, 2026. Should you wish to join us for this fabulous milestone - please click here to email the Chair of the Foundation Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Australian Head Office Bill Allsep House, 3/18 Laser Drive, Rowville, VIC Bill Allsep House: Our Volunteers & Archivists are back working hard. Lionel Gell School of Instruction Rowville, VIC, To be advised. The SHRF Coolum Showroom 52 Lysaght Street, Coolum, QLD Open on first Saturday of the month from 7am-10am Also open on the first Monday of the month from 9.00am-1.00pm Admission fee is $10 p.p. And at other times by appointment. Cars 'n' Coffee is on the first Saturday morning of each month. Held at the German Bakehouse - across the road from the Foundation Showroom. The Showroom is open during this monthly event. The SHRF Canberra Showroom & Ollies' Garage 72 Gladstone St, Fyshwick ACT Open on first Saturday of the month, 9am - Midday Admission fee is $15 p.p. And at other times by appointment.

Visit the Sir Henry Royce Foundation Geebung Museum. Landaulet body from Chassis 1492 The arrival of the “1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost – Chassis No. 1492 – Timber Body”. Kindly donated to the Sir Henry Royce Foundation by Bill Hall, the Timber Body from the 1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost – Chassis No. 1492 duly arrived on Tuesday, 11th January 2022 just in time for the re-opening of the Museum on the 15th January. Timber Body being collected from Sydney by Trustee Frank Carroll and his wife Joan – aided by volunteers Steve, Martin, Brian and Bill Hall who assisted with loading the body ready for transport. Transported on an open Trailer, with due care and careful driving, the body arrived in very good condition. Its arrival sparked animated conversation on what to do next to prepare the Body for display within the Museum. Curator Barry Sparks, Volunteers Sue, Ann and good neighbour Dean were on hand to meet Frank and Joan and to assist with the unloading and homing of the Body. Many hands make light work, as they say, and within an hour the body was homed ready for preparation. 1915 begins the history in Australia of the 1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost - Chassis No. 1492 – with its original owner being a Mrs. Dunlop of Kew in Melbourne. Sold on, the custodians became the Whitney’s of Orange, NSW who sold it on to Kinsela Funerals in Sydney in 1925. Kinsela’s Funerals had the body converted to a Hearse. The Hearse was then sold again into the ownership of Coopers of Uralla in the 1940’s. In 1956, 1492’s next custodians were Margaret and Barrie Gillings of New South Wales. As the Gillings were committed to Post-Graduate Studies overseas in early 1957, George Green, a well-known Vintage Car enthusiast volunteered to curate 1492 in their absence and to organise a more appropriate body than a hearse to be built on the Chassis. After extensive research a Landaulet body was chosen. The body was built in 1958 by W. S. Grice, Body Builder of Summer Hill NSW who built Ambulance bodies at the time which, Margaret supposes, could have been why the body has always been white. This company still exists today. The only modification to the body has been the addition of half-doors to the front cabin. Respecting the chassis number 1492, the Silver Ghost was christened “Christopher”. ‘1492”, with its distinctive Landaulet body has, with the exception of Western Australia, travelled to every other State in Australia numerous times, twice attended Bi-Centennial Rallies, has been used by numerous brides, extensively used by the whole Gillings family and had the distinction of driving NSW Premier, John Fahey, as the first car driven through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel at its opening in 1992. “Christopher – Chassis No. 1492 ” turned 100 years on 28th December, 2010. In the custodianship of the Gillings family it was owned and lovingly maintained for 60years. It proved to be a very reliable vehicle and had not been off the road for more than a few weeks during the period of their ownership. Chassis 1642 was sold to Bill Hall in 2016. Bill has had a complete rebuild of its engine and a new body, built by Roger Fry of Western Australia, fitted. His donation of the Wooden Body is greatly appreciated. A remarkable history for Chassis 1492 and for the Timber Body thus far. Look for notification in future Newsletters as to when this Body will be on permanent display. Photos courtesy of Margaret Gillings, A. Sparks, Brian Crump.

Gauges of the Rolls-Royce 20hp. A photographic collection in the archives of the Sir Henry Royce Foundation Australia. 20hp Instrument Gauges 1/3

Winners - Foundation Trophy All of these activities are for the benefit of and for the achievement of our principal objective to recognise, expose and honour the genius of Sir F. Henry Royce. The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Trophy (pictured right) is in the form of a 40/50hp Advance/Retard control lever mounted on a wooden plinth. 2025 - The Foundation Trophy was awarded to the Appleby Family for over 100 years dedicate service to Rolls-Royce. Click here to see the citation being delivered by SHRF Chair Brian Crump and the award being accepted on behalf of the Appleby Family by Ralph Appleby. 2024 - The Foundation Trophy was awarded to Roger Falkner. 2023 - The Foundation Trophy was awarded to all the wonderful present and past volunteers at the Bill Allsep House Archives, Sir Henry Royce Foundation, Melbourne. Chairman Brian Crump presented the Award to two of this wonderful volunteer team, John Reis and Howard Wraight, at the 2023 RROCA Federal Rally. Our Volunteers have spent thousands of hours at the Archive collecting, sorting, listing, filing, arranging, cleaning, identifying, repairing, searching and caring for the collection using their particular skills and abilities. 2023 Archive Volunteers: Bryan Harper, David Kenway, Richard Knight, David MacArthur, Gilbert Ralph MBE OAM, John Reis and Dr Howard Wraight. 2019 - David Davis, a long-standing Member of the NSW Branch of the RROCA, has been a 20HP owner (42G1) since 1959. He has been assiduous in maintaining and driving 42G1 for the past 60 years. Through his association with successive Sydney Rolls-Royce and Bentley Dealers, with the late Bert Ward and with three generations of the Appleby family, David has amassed a wealth of experience in the ownership, maintenance and driving of Derby-built cars. Importantly, he has devoted considerable time and effort in sharing his encyclopedic knowledge with the wider Rolls-Royce community. David’s book “50 Years with a Twenty” is an internationally recognised guide to the ownership of a 20HP. Also, David’s contribution as the 20HP/Small Horsepower Registrar and his regular “20 Topics” column in “Praeclarvm” has been of significant benefit to all RROCA Members. David has certainly made a contribution to the pursuit of excellence – one of the core objectives of The Foundation. 2018 - The late Vin Kean SA. For his contribution to the motoring industry, especially his 60 year association with Rolls-Royce and Bentley through his dealership and subsequent donation of significant archival material. 2017 - Paul Lukes NSW. Paul has painstakingly restored Phantom 114GY to a very high standard of excellence. Paul has donated to the Foundation the York Motors car service records for preservation - an extraordinary valuable research resource for Australian car owners. He has contributed to the maintenance of the Foundation's Phantom V 5VF159 2016 - Steve Stuckey ACT. For his research and publications on R-R Phantom 111s. 2015 - Bob Clarke for his advice on engineering, maintenance and coachwork on pre-World War II Rolls-Royce vehicles, especially the 20hp. 2014 - Bill Coburn for contribution to the RROCA through editorship of Præclarvm, his own self-maintenance publication for Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles, ‘T1 Topics’, and in the activities of the ACT Branch in various Committee roles. 2013 - David Forward for his significant contribution to the owners and enthusiasts of the 40/50hp (Silver Ghost) model by writing and producing the most comprehensive book on its technical development, history and design: The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost: Origins and Development of the 40-50 HP Model 1906-1926. 2012 - Peter Jordan-Hill for his significant contribution to the prosperity and success of The Sir Henry Royce Foundation and of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia (Victoria Branch), particularly in the acquisition of Bill Allsep House. 2011 - Ian Irwin for distinguished service to the veteran and vintage car movement, and authorship of two magnificent volumes on Silver Ghosts in Australia and New Zealand. 2010 - Fred Engish for outstanding photographic services to the Club. 2009 - Gilbert Ralph for his long and distinguished service to the Club and the Foundation. 2008 - Lindsay Edward Fox for his magnificent Fox Classic Car Collection and his dedication to Rolls-Royce cars. 2007 - Sir Jack Brabham for his achievements in motor sport. 2006 - David Neely for his important and dedicated work in literary spheres. 2005 - David McPhee for his contribution to State and Federal Clubs and his superb restoration of the oldest Rolls-Royce in Australia. 2004 - the memory of the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls and Sir Henry Royce. 2003 - Eric and Beryl Rainsford for many years of enthusiastic service to the RROCA. 2002 - Eric Barrass, President, RREC (UK), for excellence following the ideals of Sir Henry Royce. 2001 - Tom Clarke for his co-authorship (with David Neely) of Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country. 2000 - Margaret & BarrieGillings for their lifelong contribution to the movement. 1999 - George Sevenoaks for his contribution to all matters concerned with Rolls-Royce. 1998 - Martin Bennett for his outstanding editorship of Præclarvm. The first award was made in 1997 to Roger Fry of Western Australia for his superb restoration work.

The Sir Henry Royce Foundation hosts an Online Pre War Technical Library of technical documents relating to the care and maintenance of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles manufactured before the outbreak of World War II (1940). Technical Information Access Point Online Pre War Technical Library Technical documents relating to the care and maintenance of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles manufactured before the outbreak of World War II (1940). NB: Many of these articles have been written a time period of 100+ years and the age of the information should be taken into account. * Some of this section is currently under maintenance. Sir Henry Royce A Tale of two Henrys Working for Mr. Royce The 'Spirit of Ecstasy' Eleanor, In Body or Spirit? Jo Sykes on the 'Spirit of Ecstasy' 'The Spirit of Ecstasy' Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four The Story of The Spirit of Ecstasy Car Reviews & Road Tests The New 20HP Rolls-Royce 20/25 HP Rolls-Royce - Road Test Report c1926 25HP Phantom II Phantom II Continental Without peer - Bentley Turbo R Bentley Arnage - Rarest of All? Company Documents Bentley Azure Sales Sheet Bentley Brooklands Sales Sheet Bentley Continental R Sales Sheet Bentley Turbo R Sales Sheet Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit Sales Sheet Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Sale Sheet What A Good Chauffeur Should Know Restorations & Repairs 1910 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1425 1911 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1606 1922 Goshawk Chassis No.42G7 1929 New Phantom - Chassis No.50OR 1930 Phantom II - Chassis No.260AJS Silver Dawn - Chassis No.SDB94 Mk VI - Chassis No.B256MD - Gearbox Selector Memoirs & Histories The Rolls-Royce Bump Test A History of the 'Silver Ghost' Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars "White Cloud" in Thailand Early Days of the RROCA The Silencing of 'Henry R' Me and my Shadow Living With a Spirit 30 Years of the Silver Shadow Northern Lights in Bentley R-type - Chassis No B116TN Rolls-Royce V8 - From the Designer Passing the Course - The Rolls-Royce School of Instruction A Short History of the Custom-Built Motor Car Henry's 20 Horses - 75th Anniversary of the 20HP 1910 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1404 1921 Silver Ghost Chassis No.38MG - "Titania" 1921 'Alpine Eagle' Silver Ghost Chassis No. 88NE 1922 Goshawk Chassis No.42G7 1925 40/50 Chassis No.31HC - "Sheila" 1928 Phantom I Chassis No 42AL - "The Pumpkin" 1953 Phantom IV Chassis No.4B3P Post War Technical Library This Technical Library is proudly provided for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley enthusiasts by the Rolls-Royce Owners Club of Australia. Kindly hosted by Richard Treacy. https://rrtechnical.info/ General Documents applicable to all or most pre-war models. Valve and Ignition Timing Data Lubrication Chart Faults and Remedies Tee-One Topics Records of Hooper & Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd (1828 - 1959) Owner: Science Museum Group, UK Rolls-Royce and Bentley Chassis Series Goshawk 2 & India 4 - Chassis Numbers & Info Technical Papers Adjusting a Ghost Carburetor Replacing a Phantom II Cylinder Head Adjusting the Gearbox Selector on a Mk VI Manual Gearbox Pig-Headed - R-Type Cylinder Head LPG and Rolls-Royce Converting to LPG Increasing Air Intake on Early Post-War Cars Hot Stuff! - Mk VI Cooling Changing Your Vehicle's Polarity Technical - Unleaded Technical - Unleaded - Rolls-Royce Engines and Unleaded Fuel Technical - Unleaded - Unleaded Fuels by Tony Ward Technical - Unleaded - Unleaded fuels for Rolls Royce and Bentley Engines Data Archives Miscellaneous 20HP Data Bert Ward Papers The Bert Ward "Bible" Jackson, Jones & Collins Early Days of the 20 HP Notes on 20HP Modifications Pre-War Silver Ghosts Post-War Silver Ghosts The Straight 8 Bentley Epic Journeys London-Peking in Silver Ghost - Chassis No.94FW The 1997 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge Preparing a Phantom V - Chassis No 5VF159 for Peking to Paris Peking-Paris: Leg One Peking-Paris: Leg Two Peking-Paris: Leg Three Across the Nullarbor in Silver Dawn SFC138 "Helga" Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Across the Nullarbor Plain in "Alpine Eagle" Silver Ghost 88NE Rolls-Royce Humour WHOSO overcomes his UNCLE by not freeing his TORSO Rallying - The Art of Cheating An Illustrated Ode to Car Parks Bentley Motors Technical Library - 1955 to 1965 Technical Library - 1954 to 1980 Technical Library - 1980 to 1998 Technical Library - 1998 to 2009 Technical Library - Miscellaneous

Sir Henry Royce Foundation have an extensive collection of video and audio files applicable to Sir Henry Royce. Video & Audio Files on the Foundation and its Archives SHRF - The Foundation (as told by Russell Rolls) Play Video SHRF - Supporting the Foundation (Margaret & Barrie Gillings) Play Video SHRF - Sir Henry Royce (as told by Russell Rolls) Play Video SHRF - Royce solenoid (as told by Gibert Ralph) Play Video SHRF Video Channel Watch Now Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close Audio Files 1. Jo Sykes Phillips speech to the RREC. 2. PodCast on Overdrive: Rolls Royce Owner reflects on electrified 1967 Phantom; Trucking future; Spike’s Mini Ad. Features our own Brian Crump, SHRF Trustee, being interviewed at 20.35 to 27.40minutes. Click here for the PodCast. 3. Overdrive : The Queen’s Australian vehicle as tested from the back seat by journalist David Brown. Interview with Brian Crump, Margaret Gillings & Jeanne Eve. Timed from 6:12 Jo Phillips - MP3 Video Titles These videos were created with the generous cash donation from the RROCA-ACT in 2018 The Foundation (Russell Rolls) Supporting the Foundation (Margaret & Barrie Gillings) Sir Henry Royce (Russell Rolls) Royce Solenoid (Gilbert Ralph) Research and Books (Ian Irwin) Principal Publications (Gilbert Ralph) Books – Aircraft Engines (John Reis) The Dunlop Book (Gilbert Ralph) Books (John Reis) Magazines (Bryan Harper) Eagle Engine (Russell Rolls) Merlin Restoration (Bryan Harper) Derwent Engine (Russell Rolls) Avon Engine (Russell Rolls) Claude Mason Model (John Reis) Russell Burge Memorabilia (Russell Rolls) Art Prize (Russell Rolls) Sykes Statue (Russell Rolls) The R-R Body (Russell Rolls) Palette Display (Russell Rolls) Coats (Gilbert Ralph) Catalogues (Gilbert Ralph) Car Restoration (Ian Irwin) Phantom V (Brian Crump) The Lionel Gell School of Instruction (Jeanne Eve) Merlin Engine (Russell Rolls) Vice Regal Rolls-Royce (with permission of the National Film & Sound Archives of Australia ) Bringing a flying DH.98 Mosquito back to UK skies (with permission of the Bristol Branch of the R-R Heritage Trust ) The Poor Boy Who Invented The Most Luxurious Car in the World Crediting "Business Stories" YouTube channel. Rolls Royce museum Dornbirn (Austria) Note: This is in German - worth viewing for the cars alone. Phantom V 1977 Royal Tour in Tamworth, NSW . The repair of the broken window. Silver Ghost 1993 Alpenfahrt Acknowledgment - BBC

Rolls-Royce 20hp Name Plates as found at the Sir Henry Royce Foundation Australia. 20hp Name Plates 1/1

The Sir Henry Royce Foundation, Australia has the bulk of their archives held in Victoria, Australia. These archives can be used for research. The Archives can be viewed by appointment. Foundation Archives - VIC To download the current register of Australian Archives please click HERE . Updated May 2024. To contact the Sir Henry Royce Foundation Archivists, please click HERE to email. The Archive Register is a list of donated items and property held by the Sir Henry Royce Foundation - Australia. The purpose of this Register is to properly record, and maintain, a list of all items donated to, and acquired by, the Sir Henry Royce Foundation, Australia (SHRF). It provides for donors’ names to be recorded and each item numbered, identified, described, categorised and valued. Items acquired by the Foundation are included in the Register under the category of Property. Every item will bear a unique Accession Number which will consist of a Code Letter followed by a chronological Item Number and in some cases a Sub Number where a particular donation contains a number of separate items. The Accession Number will be written on the item or attached to the item on a sticker. A reminder of the Research Prize for use of the Archive Register - please click HERE for the entry form. SHRF - Royce solenoid (as told by Gibert Ralph) Play Video Our Oldest Archive Watch Now Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close

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Evelyn Maud Mill; from servant to socialite. Lover, mistress, wife and widow of Claude Goodman Johnson,'the hyphen in Rolls-Royce'. Evelyn Maud Mill; From servant to socialite. By Paul Tritton Who wouldn't love to open a long lost suitcase to find love letters, photographs and more? This is how renowned researcher Paul Tritton discovered family papers, photographs, memorabilia and love letters not published previously to reveal the identity of the elusive 'Mrs Wigs'. Anyone interested in the story of Rolls-Royce or the influence of a strong minded woman in the fast living 1920's will enjoy this biography. Tritton details how Evelyn Maud Mill, who was born into impoverishment in London, began her working life scenes ‘in service' to become the lover, mistress and then stylish second wife of the famous English business man and socialite, Claude Goodman Johnson. It is a true love story about Claude, who's often referred to as 'the hyphen in Rolls-Royce' and his passionate affair then lifestyle with 'Mrs Wigs' until his death. To date, only Claude's successful business prowess in motoring ventures and enterprise is known, not the supportive woman in his life and the sensitive, musical, family and fun loving world behind the scenes. All this when he was promoting the R-R Silver Ghost; 'the best car in the world' fame. Paul Tritton has illuminated the social history of the 1920's in England and the south of France in this highly readable book. Evelyn and Claude come alive on the pages and enrich the human side of the major personalities in the Rolls-Royce story. It will appeal to any reader of social or business history, to Rolls-Royce and motoring aficionados and anyone desiring insights on how women contributed to successful business ventures a century ago. Paul Tritton is the renowned British author and historical researcher especially within the world of Rolls-Royce. He was the feature writer for Rolls-Royce Motors "Journal" and has written several books about Rolls-Royce; "John Montagu of Beaulieu: Motoring Pioneer and Prophet" in 1985, "The Godfather of Rolls-Royce: The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds" in 1993 and finally "When Rolls and Royce made history on Dover's White Cliffs" in 2016. Paul has written several books ranging in topic from the first sound recording made by Queen Victoria, the loss of a wartime RAF Stirling bomber in the battle of Holland, to several books on the city of Canterbury and how a small town in Kent prepared for a possible Nazi invasion. Paul has been interested in the personal life of Claude Johnson since the 75th anniversary of Rolls-Royce when he was researching Henry Edmunds who famously introduced Henry Royce and Charles Rolls to each other in 1904. Claude Johnson also played a major role in the Rolls-Royce company and is often referred to as the ‘’hyphen in Rolls-Royce’’. But who was “Mrs Wigs’’ by his side? From wide research and consultation with family descendants, Paul has now found Mrs Wigs and revealed Evelyn Maud Mill’s influential life. Initially Paul was uncertain whether to include Claude’s deeply personal love letters to Mrs Wigs. But social life has become more liberal over the decades and personal lives are entwined with the public persona. Paul is a biographer with a thirst for detail and accuracy and writes with sensitivity. Review by SHRF Trustee - Jeanne Eve