Edited sentence: Following the death in 1964 of Lord Rootes, his son, also christened William Rootes, became the Second Lord Rootes (under the relevant conventions then current in the UK) and also became the new chairman of Rootes Motors.On 1 May 1967 Lord Rootes appointed Gilbert Hunt, a Wolverhampton born business executive who at the time was Managing Director of Massey-Ferguson in the UK, to be the new Managing Director of the Rootes Group: Hunt's appointment was made with the support of the Chrysler Corporation which was building its holding and control over the business during this period