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The W. O. Bentley Memorial Foundation; The Bentley Drivers' Club; Pictures and specifications of W. O. 's cars 1919–1932; Bentley 8-litre coupé, coachwork by J Gurney Nutting; Channel 4 short biography of Bentley; on YouTube; Jay Leno explains and demonstrates W. O.'s racing Lagonda V12; Jay Leno shows his 8-litre Bentley saloon
Bentley had neglected to register their trademark so Rolls-Royce immediately did so. They also sold the Cricklewood factory in 1932. Production stopped for two years, [29] before resuming at the Rolls-Royce works in Derby. Unhappy with his role at Rolls-Royce, when his contract expired at the end of April 1935 W. O. Bentley left to join Lagonda.
W. O. Bentley (Walter Owen Bentley, 1889–1971), founder of Bentley Motors Walter Bentley (died 1359) , English captain at the 1352 Battle of Mauron Walter Bentley (actor) (1849–1927), Scottish-Australian Shakespearean actor
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Barnato purchased his first Bentley, a 3-litre, in 1925, 12 months before he acquired the business itself. With this car he won numerous Brooklands races. He was a member of a social set of wealthy British motorists known as the "Bentley Boys" who favoured the cars of W. O. Bentley. Many were independently wealthy, often with a background in ...
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (February 9, 1865 – December 23, 1931), also known as Snowflake Bentley, was an American meteorologist and photographer, who was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. [1]
The Bentley B.R.2 was a nine-cylinder British rotary aircraft engine developed during the First World War by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley from his earlier Bentley BR.1. The BR.2 was built in small numbers during the war, its main use being by the Royal Air Force in the early 1920s.
The Bentley BR.1 was a British rotary aircraft engine of the First World War. Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley , BR.1s powered the majority of Sopwith Camels flown by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).