There are only two brands of British Tractor from drawing board to manufacture (apart from rare brands). They are Nuffield (eventually built at Bathgate near Glasgow) and David Brown of Huddersfield. All others are American owned or European, where ever they may be manufactured. So for me its David Brown and their Implements, both me and the brand born & bred in the same parish. However I now have a few Ransomes' of Ipswich implements. After all, what use is a tractor without the implement.
Whilst the little Grey Fergy always steels the lime light, the first Ferguson was built by David Brown at Park Works in Huddersfield, known as the Ferguson Brown. Harry Ferguson from Ireland invented the hydraulic lift arm incorperating the 'draught top link' for ploughing, David Browns put it into manufacture.
Ferguson & Brown fell out, no surprise there and Ferguson went to see Henry Ford in the US. Brown been left with a patent problem and a product but re hashed the top link draught sensing method to get out of Harry Fergusons 'Patent'. Brown carried on without British Government backing (very important) to become a major manufacturer of tractors and over %70 exported around the world. All gone : (
As for Harry and Henry, well that's another story, equally fascinating and includes a star cast of Roosevelt, A.Hitler & Stalin.......all from a little english tractor.