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Bamford has appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List, [4] and in 2021 his net worth was estimated at US$9.48 billion. [5] Bamford is a car collector whose collection includes two examples of the rare Ferrari 250 GTO, valued upwards of $70 million each.
Robert Bamford (16 June 1883 – 16 April 1942) was an English engineer, who with Lionel Martin (1878–1945), founded a company in January 1913 that became Aston Martin. Before his career in the car industry he was active as a racing cyclist.
Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. [23] The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles.
Joseph Bamford was born into a recusant Catholic family in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, which owned Bamfords Ltd, an agricultural engineering business. [2]His great-grandfather Henry Bamford [3] was born in Yoxall and had built up his own ironmongers business, which by 1881 employed 50 men, 10 boys and 3 women.
During his driving ban he had become friends with another cyclist in the Bath Road Club, Robert Bamford. [citation needed] In 1912 they began to sell cars together. They co-founded Bamford and Martin Limited, at Henniker Mews in Kensington. Martin participated in competitions of the Motor Cycling Club, including those from London to Edinburgh.
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Between 2007 and 2017, JCB and related Bamford entities donated £8.1m in cash or kind to the party. [39] Between 2019 and 2021 JCB donated a further £2.5m. [40] In 2016, Anthony Bamford donated £100,000 to Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit group, [41] and wrote to JCB's 6,500 staff explaining why he supported the UK leaving the EU. [42]
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