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Walter Owen Bentley (16 September 1888 – 2 August 1971) was the founder of Bentley Motors. He was often known as W. O. Bentley or just "W.O." He attended Clifton College in Bristol in the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905 when, at the age of 16, he left to start work as an apprentice railway engineer... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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1888
Date of Death:
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W. O. Bentley designed engine

Bentley BR2 The Bentley BR.2 was a 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.

Bentley BR1 Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley, the BR.1 was built in large numbers, being one of the main powerplants of the Sopwith Camel.

Aston Martin DB2 This engine was originally designed by W. O. Bentley, namesake of the Bentley car company, and engineer Willie Wilson.

W. O. Bentley designed generation

Woolf Barnato With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars, the six-cylinder 6½ Litre.

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Mans and race.

W. O. Bentley won Mans

W. O. Bentley From left to right, Frank Clement, W. O. Bentley, and John Duff after winning the 1924 Le Mans race.

John Duff Left to right: Frank Clement, W. O. Bentley, and John Duff after winning the 1924 Le Mans race.

W. O. Bentley won race

Woolf Barnato Bentley, under his chairmanship, also won the race in 1927, with Dr. J. Dudley "Benjy" Benjafield and S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis in a Bentley 3 Litre.

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W. O. Bentley joined brother

W. O. Bentley After a period with the National Motor Cab Company where he was in charge of cab maintenance, Bentley in 1912 joined his brother, Horace Millner ("H.M.") Bentley, in a company called "Bentley and Bentley" selling French DFP cars.

W. O. Bentley joined Lagonda

Lagonda He also persuaded W. O. Bentley to leave Rolls-Royce and join Lagonda as designer.

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    W. O. Bentley

    Walter Owen Bentley (16 September 1888 – 2 August 1971) was the founder of Bentley Motors. He was often known as W. O. Bentley or just "W.O."
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    Bentley

    Before World War I, W.O. Bentley had been in partnership with his brother H.M. Bentley selling French DFP cars; but he had always wanted to design and build his own range of cars bearing his own name.
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    Bentley (disambiguation)

    W. O. Bentley, founder of Bentley Motors
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    Woolf Barnato

    With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars, the six-cylinder 6½ Litre.
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    John Duff

    W. O. Bentley, the founder and then-owner of Bentley Motors, thought it was madness and that no car would finish.
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    Bentley 4½ Litre

    Although W. O. Bentley despised forced induction, his "Bentley Boys", and especially Henry "Tim" Birkin, wanted to supercharge the engine for more power.
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    Bentley BR1

    Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley, the BR.1 was built in large numbers, being one of the main powerplants of the Sopwith Camel.
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    Bentley 3.5 Litre

    Although disappointing some traditional customers, they were well received by many others and even W.O. Bentley himself was reported as saying that he would "rather own this Bentley than any other car produced under that name."
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    List of James Bond vehicles

    Not by the 'old' W.O. Bentley firm, or by Rolls-Royce after the takeover of Bentley Motors in 1931.
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    Bentley BR2

    The Bentley BR.2 was a 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.

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