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Glen Kidston
Nationality
British
Born
(1899-01-22)22 January 1899
Died
5 May 1931(1931-05-05) (aged 32)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1929–1930
Teams
Bentley Motors Ltd.
Best finish
1st (1930)
Class wins
1 (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".
George Pearson GlenKidston (23 January 1899 – 5 May 1931) was an English motor racing driver and aviator who completed a record-breaking flight from Netheravon...
particularly known for her nostalgic floral patterns. Kidston's paternal grandparents were GlenKidston, a successful racing driver for Bentley in the 1920s...
London, the son of Captain Archibald GlenKidston and Hélène Adeline Blanche Chapman. His older brother was GlenKidston, the record-breaking aviator and...
Henry "Tim" Birkin in a Bentley Speed Six ("Old Number One") 1930 – with GlenKidston in a Bentley Speed Six ("Old Number One") As these were the only years...
Municipal Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Of the eight people on board, GlenKidston was the only survivor. The accident aircraft was Junkers G 24 D-903 Oberschlesien...
Pontlieue corner, it was the other works Bentley of Woolf Barnato and GlenKidston taking up the Germans’ challenge. The lead changed a number of times...
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...
leaving the victory to the Bentley works team Speed Six of Barnato and GlenKidston. Birkin's courage and fearless driving, in particular his selflessly...
Tim Birkin Glacier White Beluga White Piano Black and Bright Aluminium GlenKidston Dark Sapphire, with Blue hued exterior roof on GT Convertible models...
Clement / Jean Chassagne, Benjafield with Baron André d’Erlanger and GlenKidston/Jack Dunfee. The fourth car, of Earl Howe/Bernard Rubin, had only a week...
In the 1920s, four of the "Bentley Boys" – Woolf Barnato, Tim Birkin, GlenKidston and Bernard Rubin – took adjacent flats in the fashionable south-east...
England's GlenKidston (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...
Store, her co-pilot and navigator, beating the previous record set up by GlenKidston by more than one day. Most famous of the record breaking Puss Moths was...
Cmdr. GlenKidston 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...
of Le Mans in 1929 and 1930 with Bentley Boys drivers "Tim" Birkin, GlenKidston, and Woolf Barnato, the chairman of Bentley Motors. 6½ Litre: 362 Speed...
Race. Sherborne, Dorset: Evro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-91050-513-7. Smale, Glen (2021). Porsche at Le Mans: 70 Years. Minneapolis, United States: Motorbooks...
Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeple chaser George Duller, aviator GlenKidston, automotive journalist S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dudley Benjafield. The...
Arnold France René Dreyfus United Kingdom Woolf Barnato United Kingdom GlenKidston 1931 United States Louis Schneider Monaco Louis Chiron United Kingdom...
A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853) 1931 – GlenKidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899) 1941 – Platon of Banja Luka...
Schaumburg-Lippe, who was a member of the crew; aviator and race-car driver GlenKidston was the only survivor. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled...