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Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 – 13 August 1971) was an English engineer who founded Bentley in London.He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley established his own firm in 1919.
Walter Bentley may refer to: W. O. Bentley (Walter Owen Bentley, 1889–1971), founder of Bentley Motors; Walter Bentley (died 1359), English captain at the 1352 ...
Later that same year, Edward III ordered Bentley to surrender his wife's castles, part of a treaty with Charles, Duke of Brittany. [3] Bentley refused to hand over the castle and travelled to England to plead his case, before Edward III. Walter was imprisoned in the Tower of London, while his case was heard. Eventually he was released and ...
1919 Bentley EXP2 (Experimental nr. 2), the oldest surviving Bentley. Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W.O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his own cars.
Walter Bentley (born William Begg; 7 October 1849 – 19 September 1927) was a Scottish actor who specialised in Shakespearean roles and productions. He became popular in his adopted country of Australia for performing and promoting the theatre.
Walter Bentley Woodbury (26 June 1834 – 5 September 1885) was an inventor and pioneering English photographer. He was an early photographer in Australia and the Dutch East Indies (what is now Indonesia ).
Aston Martin Lagonda DBD engine in a 1959 DB 2/4 Mark III. The Lagonda Straight-6 is a famous automobile engine used by Aston Martin and Lagonda marques in the 1950s. Designed by Willie Watson under the supervision of Walter Owen Bentley of Bentley Motors Limited, it vaulted Aston Martin to fame as a maker of desirable sports and racing cars.
Bentley Kyle Evans (born 1966), American television writer, producer, director and actor; Bentley Collingwood Hilliam (1890–1968), English singer, songwriter and musician; Bentley Hite (1900–1992), American attorney and politician; Bentley John Heddle (1943–1989), British politician; Bentley Kassal (1917–2019), American attorney and ...