Harry John Lawson

Henry John Lawson, also known as Harry Lawson, was a British bicycle designer, racing cyclist, motor industry pioneer, and fraudster. As part of his attempt to create and control a British motor industry, Lawson formed and co-floated The Daimler Motor Company Limited in London in 1896. It later began to manufacture in Coventry. Lawson organised the 1896 Emancipation Day drive, now commemorated annually by the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, running over the same course.