Gwynne was an old established engineering company based in Chiswick

Chiswick

Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...

, London, that made cars between 1922 and 1929. It was set up by Nevile Gwynne, brother of Rupert

Rupert Gwynne

Rupert Sackville Gwynne , was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Eastbourne from 1910 to 1924.-Early years:...

 and Roland Gwynne

Roland Gwynne

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Roland Vaughan Gwynne, DSO, DL, JP was Mayor of Eastbourne, Sussex, from 1928 to 1931. He was also a patient and close friend of the suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams.-Childhood:...

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Gwynne Engineering was founded in 1849, making products including pumps. During the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 Gwynne made Clerget

Clerget

Clerget was the name given to a series of early rotary aircraft engine types of the World War I era that were designed by Pierre Clerget. Manufactured in both France by Clerget-Blin and Great Britain by Gwynne Limited, they were used on such aircraft as the Sopwith Camel and Vickers Gunbus.In the...

 rotary aircraft engines. In 1920 Gwynne received an order to make engines for the 12 hp

Tax horsepower

The tax horsepower or taxable horsepower was an early system by which taxation rates for automobiles were reckoned in some European countries, such as Britain, Belgium, Germany, France, and Italy; some US states like Illinois charged license plate purchase and renewal fees for passenger...

 Albert

Albert (automobile)

The Albert was a light car designed by A. O. Lord, creator of the later Loyd-Lord. It was produced from 1920 to 1924 in Vauxhall and later Chiswick, London. The car was powered by a proprietary four cylinder 1495 cc ohv engine made by Gwynne and had four speed transmission. The cars were...

 car. In 1922 Gwynne bought the Albert company and moved production to its Chiswick works. In 1923 the name of the car was changed to Gwynne-Albert and the engine enlarged to 14 hp.

In 1922 the company started to make a small car, the Gwynne Eight, based on the design of the Spanish Victoria car. This had an 850 cc 4 cylinder overhead valve engine producing 24 bhp. Financial problems arose in 1923 and a receiver was appointed but production continued. About 2,250 examples of the Eight were made.

The Gwynne Eight range included a light fire engine

Fire apparatus

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 equipped with Gwynne's own pumps. Two examples are preserved. One was built in 1922 for the Marconi Company

Marconi Company

The Marconi Company Ltd. was founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company...

's factory fire brigade and is now at Coventry Museum of Transport

Coventry Transport Museum

The Coventry Transport Museum is a motor museum, located in Coventry City Centre, England. It houses a collection of British-made road transport. It is located in Coventry because the city was previously the centre of the British car industry...

. The other was stationed at East Raynham

East Raynham

East Raynham is a village in the county of Norfolk. It is located on the A1065 some south-west of from Fakenham. The River Wensum flows close to the village...

 in Norfolk

Norfolk

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 and is now at Holkham Hall

Holkham Hall

Holkham Hall is an eighteenth-century country house located adjacent to the village of Holkham, on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk...

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A larger model of car, the Gwynne Ten, was offered from 1927. About 600 were made before production ceased in 1929.