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Glen Kidston
NationalityBritish
Born(1899-01-22)22 January 1899
Died5 May 1931(1931-05-05) (aged 32)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1929–1930
TeamsBentley Motors Ltd.
Best finish1st (1930)
Class wins1 (1930)

George Pearson Glen Kidston (23 January 1899 – 5 May 1931) was an English motor racing driver and aviator who completed a record-breaking flight from Netheravon, Wiltshire to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1931. He was one of the "Bentley Boys".

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Glen Kidston

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George Pearson Glen Kidston (23 January 1899 – 5 May 1931) was an English motor racing driver and aviator who completed a record-breaking flight from Netheravon...

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Cath Kidston

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particularly known for her nostalgic floral patterns. Kidston's paternal grandparents were Glen Kidston, a successful racing driver for Bentley in the 1920s...

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Simon Kidston

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Kidston was born in September 1967, the son of Commander Home Kidston, a retired naval officer who owned and raced cars. His uncle was Glen Kidston,...

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Home Kidston

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London, the son of Captain Archibald Glen Kidston and Hélène Adeline Blanche Chapman. His older brother was Glen Kidston, the record-breaking aviator and...

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Woolf Barnato

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Henry "Tim" Birkin in a Bentley Speed Six ("Old Number One") 1930 – with Glen Kidston in a Bentley Speed Six ("Old Number One") As these were the only years...

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Bentley Boys

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Dudley Froy Baron Andre d’Erlanger [fr], playboy Clive Gallop, engineer Glen Kidston, aviator Bertie Kensington-Moir [de] Bernard Rubin, pearl fishery magnate...

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1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crash

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Municipal Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Of the eight people on board, Glen Kidston was the only survivor. The accident aircraft was Junkers G 24 D-903 Oberschlesien...

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1930 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Pontlieue corner, it was the other works Bentley of Woolf Barnato and Glen Kidston taking up the Germans’ challenge. The lead changed a number of times...

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Lady Georgiana Curzon

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Lady Georgiana Mary Curzon Kidston, Lady Starkey (7 January 1910 – 11 January 1976) was an English socialite, included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil...

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Tim Birkin

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leaving the victory to the Bentley works team Speed Six of Barnato and Glen Kidston. Birkin's courage and fearless driving, in particular his selflessly...

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Bentley Continental GT

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Tim Birkin Glacier White Beluga White Piano Black and Bright Aluminium Glen Kidston Dark Sapphire, with Blue hued exterior roof on GT Convertible models...

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1929 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Clement / Jean Chassagne, Benjafield with Baron André d’Erlanger and Glen Kidston/Jack Dunfee. The fourth car, of Earl Howe/Bernard Rubin, had only a week...

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Grosvenor Square

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In the 1920s, four of the "Bentley Boys" – Woolf Barnato, Tim Birkin, Glen Kidston and Bernard Rubin – took adjacent flats in the fashionable south-east...

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Irish International Grand Prix

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England's Glen Kidston (Bentley), with the Russian completing the 300 mile race distance in a time of 3h:40m:54s, only 14 seconds ahead of Kidston in second...

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De Havilland Puss Moth

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Store, her co-pilot and navigator, beating the previous record set up by Glen Kidston by more than one day. Most famous of the record breaking Puss Moths was...

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Lockheed Vega

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Cmdr. Glen Kidston who named it Puch. It was initially registered in the UK as G-ABFE, then was re-registered as G-ABGK to incorporate Kidston's initials...

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Bentley Speed Six

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of Le Mans in 1929 and 1930 with Bentley Boys drivers "Tim" Birkin, Glen Kidston, and Woolf Barnato, the chairman of Bentley Motors. 6½ Litre: 362 Speed...

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List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners

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Race. Sherborne, Dorset: Evro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-91050-513-7. Smale, Glen (2021). Porsche at Le Mans: 70 Years. Minneapolis, United States: Motorbooks...

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Bentley

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Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeple chaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, automotive journalist S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dudley Benjafield. The...

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List of winners of Triple Crown of Motorsport races

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Arnold  France René Dreyfus  United Kingdom Woolf Barnato  United Kingdom Glen Kidston 1931  United States Louis Schneider  Monaco Louis Chiron  United Kingdom...

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A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853) 1931 – Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899) 1941 – Platon of Banja Luka...

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List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United Kingdom

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Schaumburg-Lippe, who was a member of the crew; aviator and race-car driver Glen Kidston was the only survivor. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled...

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