Rootes may refer to:

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Baron Rootes Baron Rootes, of Ramsbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 February 1959 for the businessman Sir William Rootes. He was head of the motor car manufacturer Rootes Ltd. the title ...

, a peerage in the United Kingdom *

Jamey Rootes Jamey Rootes (May 9, 1966 – August 21, 2022) was an American sports executive. He served as a long-term president of the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was responsible for the business operations of the team. Before joinin ...

(1966-2022), American sports executive *

Maurice Rootes Maurice Clifford Rootes (12 April 1917 – 17 June 1997) was a British film editor. Filmography * ''Escape from Broadmoor'' (1948) * ''The Last Days of Dolwyn'' (1949) * ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1950) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) * '' Th ...

(1917–1997), British film editor *

William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 – 12 December 1964) was a British motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the v ...

(1894–1964), founder of the Rootes Group *

William Geoffrey Rootes (William) Geoffrey Rootes, 2nd Baron Rootes (14 June 1917 – 16 January 1992) was the chairman of Rootes Motors (1964-1967), Chrysler UK (1967-1978) and Britain's National Economic Development Council (1968-1973). Early life Rootes was the ...

(1917–1992), 2nd Baron Rootes

Companies

Rootes Group The Rootes Group or Rootes Motors Limited was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. Run from London's West End, the manufacturer was based in the Midlands and the distribution and dea ...

, British car and commercial vehicle manufacturer founded by William Edward Rootes **

Rootes Arrow Rootes Arrow was the manufacturer's name for a range of cars produced under several badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1966 to 1979. It is amongst the last Rootes designs, developed with no influence from fu ...

, a badge engineered range of cars produced by the Rootes Group **

Rootes Australia Rootes Australia was the Australian affiliate of the Rootes Group, a British motor vehicle manufacturing company.The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 413 The company was formed immediately after the Second World War initially operati ...

, Australian assembler of Rootes Group vehicles **

Rootes Aircraft Factory Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport in Liverpool, England, on the estuary of the River Mersey south-east of Liverpool city centre. Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern services are operated f ...

, located at RAF Speke during the Second World War

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