Walter Owen Bentley (1888 - 1971)

Born 16 Sep 1888 in Hampstead, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Leonie (Gore) Bentley — married 1914 (to 1919) in London, England, United Kingdom

Died 13 Aug 1971 at age 82 in Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 – 13 August 1971) was an English engineer who founded Bentley Motors Limited in London. He designed engines for cars and aircraft. He raced cars and motorcycles when he was a young man.

Bentley was born in Hampstead, London, He was the youngest of nine children. His father was retired businessman Alfred Bentley, and his mother Emily Waterhouse was born in Adelaide, Australia.

Walter Bentley married three times. In 1914 he married Leonie Gore, daughter of Sir St George Ralph Gore, ninth baronet of Magherabegg. She died in 1919, in the Spanish flu epidemic. In 1920, he married Poppy (Audrey Hutchinson) (1895-1981), a society woman who disliked factories, whereas Bentley was said to love spending time in the workshop. They divorced soon after the business was sold in 1931. In 1934 he married Margaret Roberts Hutton, née Murray, who survived him. He had no children.

W. O. Bentley was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1995.

Sources

• Wikipedia: W._O._Bentley

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6445974

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