Grose Ltd was an early British automobile manufacturer based in Northampton, active between 1899 and 1900. Founded by Joseph Grose, a bicycle maker born in 1861, the company emerged from Grose's innovations in bicycle design, particularly a patent-leather chain cover that included a lubricating device. This invention provided him with sufficient funds to purchase the first motorcar in Northampton, an 1897 Coventry Motette. Dissatisfied with the…