Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British Baron and businessman
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1886
Place of Birth: Reading, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-Apr-1965
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives
- Ernest Walter Hives, 1st Baron Hives (21 April 1886 – 24 April 1965), was the one-time head of the Rolls-Royce Aero Engine division and chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd.Hives was born in Reading, Berkshire.
- During the Second World War he was closely involved with the design of the Merlin engine as well as numerous later Rolls-Royce jet engines.
- He began his working life in a local garage.
- However, in 1903 he got a job working at C.S.
- Rolls' car company, after fixing Rolls' car.
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