Born in
London, Carden ran a company from 1914 to 1916 that manufactured light passenger-cars under the brand
Carden. The company's first model was a
cyclecar, with seating only for the driver. During the
First World War, Carden served in the
Army Service Corps and gained the rank of captain, acquiring experience with vehicles such as tracked
Holt tractors. After the war, he returned to car manufacturing but sold his original design and factory to Ward and Avey who renamed it the
AV. He then designed a new cyclecar and started manufacture at
Ascot but at the end of 1919 sold the design to E. A. Tamplin who continued manufacture as the
Tamplin car. A further design followed with a two-seat fibreboard body. Carden even sold one of these to King
Alfonso XIII of Spain ==Notes==