Bentley, Walter Owen (1888–1971), designer and racer of motor cars, was born on 16 September 1888 at 78 Avenue Road, Hampstead, London, the youngest in the family of six sons and three daughters of Alfred Bentley, retired businessman of London, and his wife, ...
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Bentley, Walter Owen (1888–1971), designer and racer of motor cars
H. G. Pitt
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Bentley, Walter Owen (1888–1971)
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Walter Owen Bentley (1888–1971) by unknown photographer, 1969 © reserved; collection Science & Society Picture Library; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Denly, Albert William (1900–1989)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Albert William Denly (1900–1989) by unknown photographer, 1923 image courtesy of Brooklands Museum Archive
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Denly, Albert William [Bert] (1900–1989), motorcycle racer and motor engineer
Roger Bird
Denly, Albert William [Bert] (1900–1989), motorcycle racer and motor engineer, was born in Wisley, Surrey, on 1 June 1900, the only son of James Denly (d. 1918), a bricklayer's labourer on the Wisley estate, and his wife, Ellen, née Woolger (1865/6–1920). Aged fourteen he left the local village school to become an apprentice to the butcher in ...
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Healey, Donald Mitchell (1898–1988), car designer and rally driver
Anne Pimlott Baker
Healey, Donald Mitchell (1898–1988), car designer and rally driver, was born on 3 July 1898 in Woodbine Cottage, Perranporth, on the north coast of Cornwall, the elder of the two sons of John Frederick Healey, who ran the village shop, and his wife, ...
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Zborowski, Louis Vorow (1895–1924), motor racing driver and creator of aero-engined cars
Roger Bird
Zborowski, Louis Vorow (1895–1924), motor racing driver and creator of aero-engined cars, was born at 4 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair, London, on 20 February 1895, the only surviving son (an elder son had died in infancy) of (William) Elliott Morris Zborowski (1855–1903) and his wife, ...
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Zborowski, Louis Vorow (1895–1924)
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Louis Vorow Zborowski (1895–1924) by unknown photographer, 1922 [at the wheel of Chitty-Bang-Bang I] © National Motor Museum / Heritage Images
