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Offices: Hanover Sq, London; Works: West Norwood

1903 Formation of the company to produce Brotherhood cars (1904-1907)

1904 Stanley Brotherhood was chairman

Cars were made in London; Earl Fitzwilliam, the coal magnate, was an investor in the company.

1905 February. Details of their 20 hp car.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

1905 February. Details of the 20-hp car. Percy Richardson involved in its production.^{[9] [10] [11]}

1905 November. Details of their 20hp and 40hp cars.^[12]

1905 Brotherhood sold its London site and moved to Peterborough but could not get permission to build a car factory so the Earl suggested a move to Sheffield where he built a new factory in Tinsley for the Sheffield-Simplex company to make the cars.

1906 Percy Richardson employed

1908 the first cars to bear the Sheffield-Simplex name appeared designed by Percy Richardson.

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