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| birth_date = 16 June 1883<ref>[[National Registration Act 1939|1939 Register]]</ref>
| birth_date = 16 June 1883<ref>[[National Registration Act 1939|1939 Register]]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Lamarsh]], Essex, England
| birth_place = [[Lamarsh]], Essex, England
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1942|1883}}
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| death_place = [[Brighton]], Sussex, England
| death_place = [[Brighton]], Sussex, England
| nationality = English
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| known_for = Founding Bamford & Martin (later Aston Martin)
| known_for = Founding Bamford & Martin (later Aston Martin)
| occupation = Engineer, entrepreneur
| occupation = Engineer, entrepreneur
| spouse = [[Matilda Etches]]
| spouse = [[Matilda Etches]]
| children = Patricia Bamford
| children = 1 daughter
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| relatives = [[Edward Bamford]] (brother)<br/> [[Robin Jacques]] (son-in-law)
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'''Robert Bamford''' (16 June 1883 – 1942) was an English engineer, who with [[Lionel Martin|Lionel Walker Birch Martin]] (15 March 1878– 21 October 1945), founded a company in January 1913 that became [[Aston Martin]].
'''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 in [[Lamarsh]] in Essex, and was the eldest son of Rev Robert Bamford (1854–1898). His grandfather was another Rev Robert Bamford (1825–1893) who was a vicar in [[Highworth]], Wiltshire. His parents married in 1882.
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), leaving Lamarsh in May 1885.<ref>''Essex Herald'' Monday 11 May 1885, page 6</ref>
His mother remarried after his father's death. His brother was [[Edward Bamford]] (1887–1928). Bamford, historically, is a Lancashire surname. He attended a university. In World War I he became a [[lieutenant]] with the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29337|page=10477|supp=y|date=22 October 1915}}</ref>

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>

Bamford, historically, is a [[Lancashire]] surname.


[[Image:Henniker Mews Chelsea - geograph.org.uk - 1701985.jpg|thumb|180px|The site of Bamford & Martin in London SW3]]
[[Image:Henniker Mews Chelsea - geograph.org.uk - 1701985.jpg|thumb|180px|The site of Bamford & Martin in London SW3]]
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===Aston Martin===
===Aston Martin===
Bamford & Martin Ltd was founded at 16 Henniker Place in [[West Kensington]] (off [[Fulham Road]] – the [[A308 road|A308]]) on 15 January 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amht.org.uk/news/5/2012-walter-hayes-memorial-lecture|title=Aston Martin Heritage Trust. 2012 Walter Hayes Memorial Lecture|author=|date=|website=www.amht.org.uk|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref> They produced their first Aston-Martin car, the ''Coal Scuttle'', in March 1915. Robert Bamford was the engineer of the partnership.
Bamford & Martin Ltd was founded at 16 Henniker Place in [[West Kensington]] (off [[Fulham Road]] – the [[A308 road|A308]]) on 15 January 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amht.org.uk/news/5/2012-walter-hayes-memorial-lecture|title=Aston Martin Heritage Trust. 2012 Walter Hayes Memorial Lecture|website=amht.org.uk|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> 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 (£{{Inflation|UK|20.5|1947|r=0}},000 current value) in 1947.
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 (£{{Inflation|UK|20.5|1947|r=0}},000 current value) in 1947.


He was inducted into the [[Automotive Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref name="Siu">{{cite web |url=http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2013/06/bob-lutz-among-five-automotive-hall-of-fame-inductees.html |title=Bob Lutz, Among Five Automotive Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=AutoGuide.com |first1=Jason |last1=Siu |date=June 14, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AHF-Bamford">{{cite web |url=http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/robert-bamford/826/ |year=2010 |work=Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=Automotive Hall of Fame |title=Robert Bamford |accessdate=March 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034805/http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/robert-bamford/826/ |archivedate=8 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
He was inducted into the [[Automotive Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref name="Siu">{{cite web |url=http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2013/06/bob-lutz-among-five-automotive-hall-of-fame-inductees.html |title=Bob Lutz, Among Five Automotive Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=AutoGuide.com |first1=Jason |last1=Siu |date=14 June 2013|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="AHF-Bamford">{{cite web |url=http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/robert-bamford/826/ |year=2010 |work=Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=Automotive Hall of Fame |title=Robert Bamford |access-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034805/http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/robert-bamford/826/ |archive-date=8 March 2016 }}</ref>


==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|author=|date=|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-robin-jacques-1613340.html|title=OBITUARIES: Robin Jacques|author=|date=|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=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, 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>
In 1939, he had retired to South Street, [[Ditchling]], Sussex, and died in 1942 aged 59 in [[Brighton]].


==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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