1871 - 1954, William Rees-Jeffreys was born in London in 1871. He worked for the Board of Trade until 1903; when he became Administrative Secretary to the Royal Automobile Club and Secretary to the Motor Union. In the same year; Rees-Jeffreys secured the appointment of a Departmental Committee to inquire into Highway Administration in England and Wales. From 1910; to its demise in 1918; he was Secretary of the Road Board. Rees-Jeffreys also wrote and campaigned extensively on road transport and motoring in the United Kingdom; Europe and many other countries. He died in 1954.