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'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/90456/robert-bamford|title=Robert Bamford's Palmares on CyclingRanking|publisher=CyclingRanking.com}}</ref>
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/90456/robert-bamford|title=Robert Bamford's Palmares on CyclingRanking|publisher=CyclingRanking.com}}</ref>

==Family background==
His parents married on Tuesday 18 April 1882 at St Luke's church on Bloomfield Road in [[Lyncombe, Bath|South Lyncombe]], Bath (on the [[A367 road|A367]]).<ref>''Wiltshire Standard'' Saturday 22 April 1882, page 5</ref> His father, who attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], was the eldest son of the vicar of [[Poulton, Gloucestershire]], who conducted the service. His mother was the second daughter of Robert Porter (Australian) of Westfield House, on Bloomfield Road, in Bath.<ref>''Bath Chronicle'' Thursday 20 April 1882, page 8</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
He was born on 16 June 1883 at [[Lamarsh]] in Essex to the Rev. Robert Bamford (1854–1898) and Blanch Edith Bamford (née Porter) (1856-1936).
He was born on 16 June 1883 at Lamarsh Lodge, [[Lamarsh]], in Essex to the Rev. Robert Bamford (1854–1898) and Blanch Edith Bamford (née Porter) (26 May 1856 - 5 March 1936).<ref>''Evening Standard'' Tuesday 26 June 1883, page 1</ref>


The Rev. Robert Bamford served as curate of Thornbury, Gloucestershire (1880-1881), curate of St John's, Ladywood, Birmingham (1881-1882), curate of Lamarsh, Essex (1882-1885), curate of Holy Trinity, Lambeth (1885-1886). In about 1892, he resigned his curacy due to ill health and settled in [[Sherborne]], Dorset, living at Lynton House (now Abbot's Litten) in Long Street, Sherborne.<ref name="auto1">[https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Sherborne-Register-Fourth-Edition-1550-1950-word-resized.pdf The Sherborne Register 1550-1950 (4th ed.)]</ref> From 1895 to 1898 he served as secretary to the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne, and died at Sherborne on 9 November 1898, aged 44, and was buried in Sherborne Cemetery.<ref>Obituary for the Rev. Robert Bamford, Western Gazette, 11 November 1898</ref> After the Rev. Bamford's death Blanch married the Rev. Thomas Myers and lived at 89, Bloomfield Avenue, Bath, later at Milking Close, Ditchling, East Sussex, where she died and was buried.
The Rev. Robert Bamford served as curate of Thornbury, Gloucestershire (1880-1881), curate of St John's, Ladywood, Birmingham (1881-1882), curate of Lamarsh, Essex (1882-1885), curate of Holy Trinity, Lambeth (1885-1886), leaving Lamarsh in May 1885.<ref>''Essex Herald'' Monday 11 May 1885, page 6</ref>


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Robert Bamford attended [[Sherborne School]] as a day boy from May 1897 to April 1900.<ref name="auto1">[https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Sherborne-Register-Fourth-Edition-1550-1950-word-resized.pdf The Sherborne Register 1550-1950 (4th ed.)]</ref> During the First World War he served for one year as private in The [[London Regiment (1908–1938)|London Regiment]], 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, and then as a [[lieutenant]] with the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] (RASC), Mechanical Transport.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29337|page=10477|supp=y|date=22 October 1915}}</ref><ref name="auto">[https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PDF-OS-Army-Navy-List-1914-1919-resized.pdf Old Shirburnian Army & Navy List 1914-1919]</ref>
He had two brothers, Edward Bamford DSO VC (1887-1928) and Arthur Bamford (1889-1915), and a sister Rachel Bamford (1885-1974).

[[Edward Bamford]] DSO VC (1887–1928), who was educated at [[Sherborne Preparatory School]], and [[Sherborne School]] as a day boy 1900–1902.<ref name="auto1"/> In 1905 he joined the [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]] and served in [[HMS Bulwark (1899)|HMS Bulwark]], [[HMS Magnificent (1894)|HMS Magnificent]], [[HMS Britannia (1904)|HMS Britannia]], [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS Chester]], [[HMS Royal Sovereign (1891)|HMS Royal Sovereign]], and [[HMS Highflyer (1898)|HMS Highflyer]]. During the First World War as Brevet Major on [[HMS Royal Sovereign (05)|HMS Royal Sovereign]].<ref name="auto">[https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PDF-OS-Army-Navy-List-1914-1919-resized.pdf Old Shirburnian Army & Navy List 1914-1919]</ref> He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO, Order of St Anne (3rd Class, Russian), the Légion d’Honneur, and the [[Victoria Cross]] 'For conspicuous gallantry at [[Zeebrugge Raid|Zeebrugge]]. April 1918. This officer landed on the Mole from "Vindictive" with Nos. 5, 7 & 8 platoons of the Marine Storming Force in the face of great difficulties. When on the Mole under heavy fire, he displayed the greatest initiative in the command of his company, and by his total disregard of danger, showed a magnificent example to his men. He first established a strong point on the right of the disembarkation, and when that was safe, led an assault on a battery to the left with the utmost coolness and valour. Captain Bamford was selected by the officers of the R.M.A & R.M.L.I. detachments to receive the Victoria Cross under Rule 13 of the Royal Warrant, dated 26 January 1856.'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30807/supplement/8586|title=Victoria Cross Citation, The London Gazette, 23 July 1918}}</ref> He died at Shanghai in 1928. On 17 April 2018, [[Haringey London Borough Council|Haringey Council]] unveiled a paving stone in memory of Edward Bamford VC at 151 Park Road, London N8 8JD.

Rachel Bamford (1885-1974). In 1911, Rachel was a student at the Colonial Training College at Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. During the First World War she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).

Arthur Bamford (1889-1915), was educated at [[Sherborne School]] as a day boy 1903–1905.<ref name="auto1"/> He went to Australia in 1910–1912, and in 1913 was employed as a professional musician. During the First World War he served as a Private in the [[Grenadier Guards]].<ref name="auto"/> He was killed near [[Battle of Loos|Loos]] on 11 October 1915 and is commemorated at St Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, IX.D.13,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/324905/bamford,%20a/|title=Private A Bamford &#124; War Casualty Details &#124; CWGC}}</ref> and on the Sherborne School War Memorial<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/sherborneschoolarchives/9199377065/|title=Bamford, Arthur (1889-1915)|date=3 July 2013|via=Flickr}}</ref>

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Robert Bamford attended [[Sherborne School]] as a day boy from May 1897 to April 1900.<ref name="auto1"/> During the First World War he served for one year as private in The [[London Regiment (1908–1938)|London Regiment]], 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, and then as a [[lieutenant]] with the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] (RASC), Mechanical Transport.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29337|page=10477|supp=y|date=22 October 1915}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>


Bamford, historically, is a [[Lancashire]] surname.
Bamford, historically, is a [[Lancashire]] surname.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1911 he was living at 41 Twickenham Road in [[Teddington]].<ref>1911 Census</ref> He became engaged to fashion designer [[Matilda Etches|Muriel Matilda Etches]] (born 1898) in May 1918, the eldest daughter of C.T.W. Etches. They were married in 1919 in [[Newton Abbot]] in Devon. They had a daughter, Patricia, born in [[Brentford]] in Middlesex in 1921, and she married the illustrator [[Robin Jacques]] in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robin-jacques-1612378.html|title=Obituary: Robin Jacques|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-robin-jacques-1613340.html|title=OBITUARIES: Robin Jacques|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>
In 1911 he was living at 41 Twickenham Road in [[Teddington]].<ref>1911 Census</ref>
He contracted flu in January 1919, and subsequently married his nurse, Matilda, who was in the [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps]] (WAAC).<ref>''Times'' Wednesday May 8 1918, page 9</ref>
He became engaged to fashion designer [[Matilda Etches|Muriel Matilda Etches]] (born 1898) in May 1918, the eldest daughter of C.T.W. Etches. They were married in 1919 in [[Newton Abbot]] in Devon. He injured his jaw cycling down Dundrum Hill 8 November 1919. His wife's father was a Captain in the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]].
They had a daughter, Patricia, born in [[Brentford]] in Middlesex in 1921, and she married the illustrator [[Robin Jacques]] in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robin-jacques-1612378.html|title=Obituary: Robin Jacques|website=independent.co.uk|date=23 March 1995 |access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-robin-jacques-1613340.html|title=OBITUARIES: Robin Jacques|website=independent.co.uk|date=29 March 1995 |access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

Robert and his wife divorced in 1927. On Monday 24 April 1950 she remarried at [[St Peter's Church, Eaton Square]] by Prebendary P.T.R. Kirk, and moved from 9 Buckingham Palace Gardens to Los Angeles. The reception was held at her house. Her second husband was a professor at the University of California.<ref>''Times'' Tuesday 25 April 1950, page 8</ref><ref>''Dundee Evening Telegraph'' Tuesday 25 April 1950, page 3</ref>

His wife Matilda died on Thursday 18 April 1974 at home at 19 Abbey Road in Brighton.<ref>''Times'' Saturday 20 April 1974, page 24</ref><ref>''Times'' obituary by Sir Cecil Beaton, Friday 26 April 1974, page 20</ref>


By 1939, Robert had retired to South Street, [[Ditchling]], East Sussex Sussex, where he died on 16 April 1942, aged 59. He was buried at St Margaret's, Ditchling. His headstone reads: 'Motor Engineer Founder of Bamford & Martin later to become Aston Martin. Also his mother Blanche Edith Myers 26 May 1856–5 Mar 1946 [Around the edge] The clocks, folk and pubs of Ditchling will miss him.'<ref>Robert Bamford (1883-1942). FindaGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223363401/robert-bamford</ref>
By 1939, Robert had retired to South Street, [[Ditchling]], East Sussex Sussex, where he died on 16 April 1942, aged 59, at the [[Royal Sussex County Hospital]]. He was buried at St Margaret's, Ditchling. His headstone reads: 'Motor Engineer Founder of Bamford & Martin later to become Aston Martin. Also his mother Blanche Edith Myers 26 May 1856–5 Mar 1946 [Around the edge] The clocks, folk and pubs of Ditchling will miss him.'<ref>Robert Bamford (1883-1942). FindaGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223363401/robert-bamford</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 3 October 2024

Robert Bamford
Born16 June 1883[1]
Lamarsh, Essex, England
Died16 April 1942(1942-04-16) (aged 58)
Brighton, Sussex, England
Occupation(s)Engineer, entrepreneur
Known forFounding Bamford & Martin (later Aston Martin)
SpouseMatilda Etches
Children1 daughter
RelativesEdward Bamford (brother)
Robin Jacques (son-in-law)

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.[2]

Family background

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His parents married on Tuesday 18 April 1882 at St Luke's church on Bloomfield Road in South Lyncombe, Bath (on the A367).[3] His father, who attended Trinity College, Cambridge, was the eldest son of the vicar of Poulton, Gloucestershire, who conducted the service. His mother was the second daughter of Robert Porter (Australian) of Westfield House, on Bloomfield Road, in Bath.[4]

Early life

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He was born on 16 June 1883 at Lamarsh Lodge, Lamarsh, in Essex to the Rev. Robert Bamford (1854–1898) and Blanch Edith Bamford (née Porter) (26 May 1856 - 5 March 1936).[5]

The Rev. Robert Bamford served as curate of Thornbury, Gloucestershire (1880-1881), curate of St John's, Ladywood, Birmingham (1881-1882), curate of Lamarsh, Essex (1882-1885), curate of Holy Trinity, Lambeth (1885-1886), leaving Lamarsh in May 1885.[6]

Robert Bamford attended Sherborne School as a day boy from May 1897 to April 1900.[7] During the First World War he served for one year as private in The London Regiment, 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, and then as a lieutenant with the Army Service Corps (RASC), Mechanical Transport.[8][9]

Bamford, historically, is a Lancashire surname.

The site of Bamford & Martin in London SW3

Career

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Aston Martin

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Bamford & Martin Ltd was founded at 16 Henniker Place in West Kensington (off Fulham Road – the A308) on 15 January 1913.[10] They produced their first Aston-Martin car, the Coal Scuttle, in March 1915. Robert Bamford was the engineer of the partnership. In 1920 he retired from Bamford & Martin; Lionel Martin left in 1926. In the mid-1920s the company would undergo many changes of ownership. It would be largely through the ownership of David Brown Ltd. of Huddersfield that Aston-Martin would become the company renowned during the 1950s, who bought Aston-Martin for £20,500 (£1013,000 current value) in 1947.

He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2013.[11][12]

Personal life

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In 1911 he was living at 41 Twickenham Road in Teddington.[13]

He contracted flu in January 1919, and subsequently married his nurse, Matilda, who was in the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).[14]

He became engaged to fashion designer Muriel Matilda Etches (born 1898) in May 1918, the eldest daughter of C.T.W. Etches. They were married in 1919 in Newton Abbot in Devon. He injured his jaw cycling down Dundrum Hill 8 November 1919. His wife's father was a Captain in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

They had a daughter, Patricia, born in Brentford in Middlesex in 1921, and she married the illustrator Robin Jacques in 1943.[15][16]

Robert and his wife divorced in 1927. On Monday 24 April 1950 she remarried at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square by Prebendary P.T.R. Kirk, and moved from 9 Buckingham Palace Gardens to Los Angeles. The reception was held at her house. Her second husband was a professor at the University of California.[17][18]

His wife Matilda died on Thursday 18 April 1974 at home at 19 Abbey Road in Brighton.[19][20]

By 1939, Robert had retired to South Street, Ditchling, East Sussex Sussex, where he died on 16 April 1942, aged 59, at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. He was buried at St Margaret's, Ditchling. His headstone reads: 'Motor Engineer Founder of Bamford & Martin later to become Aston Martin. Also his mother Blanche Edith Myers 26 May 1856–5 Mar 1946 [Around the edge] The clocks, folk and pubs of Ditchling will miss him.'[21]

References

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  1. ^ 1939 Register
  2. ^ "Robert Bamford's Palmares on CyclingRanking". CyclingRanking.com.
  3. ^ Wiltshire Standard Saturday 22 April 1882, page 5
  4. ^ Bath Chronicle Thursday 20 April 1882, page 8
  5. ^ Evening Standard Tuesday 26 June 1883, page 1
  6. ^ Essex Herald Monday 11 May 1885, page 6
  7. ^ The Sherborne Register 1550-1950 (4th ed.)
  8. ^ "No. 29337". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 1915. p. 10477.
  9. ^ Old Shirburnian Army & Navy List 1914-1919
  10. ^ "Aston Martin Heritage Trust. 2012 Walter Hayes Memorial Lecture". amht.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ^ Siu, Jason (14 June 2013). "Bob Lutz, Among Five Automotive Hall of Fame Inductees". AutoGuide.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Robert Bamford". Hall of Fame Inductees. Automotive Hall of Fame. 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  13. ^ 1911 Census
  14. ^ Times Wednesday May 8 1918, page 9
  15. ^ "Obituary: Robin Jacques". independent.co.uk. 23 March 1995. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  16. ^ "OBITUARIES: Robin Jacques". independent.co.uk. 29 March 1995. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  17. ^ Times Tuesday 25 April 1950, page 8
  18. ^ Dundee Evening Telegraph Tuesday 25 April 1950, page 3
  19. ^ Times Saturday 20 April 1974, page 24
  20. ^ Times obituary by Sir Cecil Beaton, Friday 26 April 1974, page 20
  21. ^ Robert Bamford (1883-1942). FindaGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223363401/robert-bamford
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