James Lansdowne Norton, (January 8 1869 - April 21 1925) founded the "Norton Manufacturing Company" in Birmingham, England in 1898. The company began making chains for bicycles before producing early motorcycles with imported engines from the Swiss and French. In 1913 the business declined, R.T. Shelley & Co., the main creditors, intervened and saved it. Norton Motors Ltd was formed shortly afterwards under joint directorship of James Norton and Bob Shelley, … Wikipedia
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