Birkin, 3rd Baronet (26 July 1896 – 22 June 1933), known as Tim Birkin, was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. Birkin was...
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6½ Litre's image was tarnished by poor tyre performance. Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, described as "the greatest British driver of his day" by W. O. Bentley...
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Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (/ˈbɜːrkɪn/, French: [dʒɛn malɔʁi biʁkin]; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress and singer. She had...
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Bentley Blower No.1 (section Birkin's death)
1 is a racing car developed from the Bentley 4½ Litre by Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin to win the Le Mans twenty-four-hour race. The car was developed into...
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Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, 3rd Baronet (1896–1933) Charles Archibald Cecil Birkin (1905–1927) Sir Alexander Russell Birkin, 4th Baronet (1861–1942)...
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company is John Watson, a descendant of pioneering race car driver Tim Birkin. Birkin Cars was formed in 1982. Founder John Watson, an automotive enthusiast...
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Cecil Birkin (30 March 1905 – 7 June 1927) was an English motorcycle racer, brother of Tim Birkin, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. Birkin was born...
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1928 – with Bernard Rubin in a Bentley 4½ litre 1929 – with Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin in a Bentley Speed Six ("Old Number One") 1930 – with Glen Kidston in...
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pays homage to the famous straight of Circuit de la Sarthe where Sir Tim Birkin in a "Blower Bentley" overtook Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz SSK...
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Henry (Tim) Birkin, whose private motor works was across the street from the studio in Welwyn Garden City that made the film. Captain Birkin's Motor Works...
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previous year, co-driven this time by fellow Bentley Boy Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin. They had led from start to finish, setting a new distance record and...
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hand-crafted solid wood picnic tables) as standard. The Birkin Edition was inspired by Sir Henry 'Tiger' Tim Birkin and limited to 22 units exclusively for the European...
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Kimberley diamond magnate Barney Barnato Dudley Benjafield Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin Dale Bourne Frank Clement S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis, automotive journalist...
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group of British motoring enthusiasts that included Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeple chaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, automotive journalist...
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her paternal grandmother, Sara, was the daughter of racing driver Sir Tim Birkin, 3rd Baronet. On 12 October 2009, the Marchioness gave birth to twin sons...
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the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1929 and 1930 with Bentley Boys drivers "Tim" Birkin, Glen Kidston, and Woolf Barnato, the chairman of Bentley Motors. 6½...
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Caracciola/Christian Werner was pursued by the supercharged ‘Blower’ Bentley of Tim Birkin. Twice he passed the white car on the Mulsanne Straight and both times...
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to complete. In the 1920s, four of the "Bentley Boys" – Woolf Barnato, Tim Birkin, Glen Kidston and Bernard Rubin – took adjacent flats in the fashionable...
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and Bright Aluminium Woolf Barnato Granite Hotspur Beluga Carbon Fibre Tim Birkin Glacier White Beluga White Piano Black and Bright Aluminium Glen Kidston...
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Ivanowski. This was achieved at the expense of Britons Glen Kidston and Henry Birkin, whose Bentleys were second and third respectively. He also owned and raced...
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In addition, from 2000 to 2001, a special edition "Birkin" was produced, celebrating Tim Birkin of the "Bentley Boys." During the takeover battle in...
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Seely, 1st Baronet. His mother was Vera Lilian Birkin, daughter of British Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin (fourth son of a lace embroidery and tableware...
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Philippe Étancelin driving a Bugatti. The race was notable for the fact that Tim Birkin came second in a 4.5 litre supercharged Bentley, which was a stripped-down...
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1963) 1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964) 1896 – Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver (d. 1933) 1897 – Harold D. Cooley...
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Supercharged Single-Seater: known as Bentley Blower No.1, developed and driven by Birkin, it set the Brooklands Outer Circuit Lap Record at more than 137 mph in...
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Gainsbourg recorded the best known version as a duet with English actress Jane Birkin. Although this version reached number one in the UK—the first foreign-language...
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of Le Mans, and won the race outright driving in partnership with Henry Birkin. Away from La Sarthe, Earl Howe (as he was most commonly entered following...
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with Tim Birkin, retired- broken chassis 21/22 June, Le Mans Grand Prix d’Endurance, Hon Miss Dorothy Paget Team, Bentley Blower C, car no. 9, with Tim Birkin...
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Television and the television series Survival) and Pamela Mary Birkin, daughter of Sir Henry Birkin, she was educated at New Hall School, Chelmsford, Essex....
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Romeos, and Lehoux and Benoît Falchetto ran Bugattis. From England came Tim Birkin in the Alfa of fellow-Bentley Boy Bernard Rubin, and Earl Howe in his...
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