High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd was an early computer company of the 1950s–60s in the United Kingdom, tracing its descent from a firm of instrument makers founded by William Elliott in London around 1804. The research laboratories were based at Borehamwood, originally set up in 1946. The first Elliott 152 computer appeared in 1950. Elliott`s was a pioneer of Head-up displays - HUDs.