Brian Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon

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Brian Edmund "Bug" Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon (7 December 1903 – 13 July 1978), was a British racing driver, company director, baronet and peer.

Biography

Born in Edmonton, Middlesex, Lewis was the only son of the first Lord Essendon, the shipping magnate, by his wife Eleanor (died 1967), daughter of R. H. Harrison of West Hartlepool. In 1938, Lewis married Mary Duffil, widow of Albert Duffil, daughter of G. W. Booker of Los Angeles.

Educated at Malvern,[1] and Pembroke College, Cambridge, Lewis was a Director of Furness Withy[2] (the family shipping firm), Barry Aikman Travel Ltd and Godfrey Davis & Co Ltd.

Lewis raced Frazer Nashes in England in the 1920s and entered a private Maserati 8CM at the Swiss Grand Prix 1935. As The Times put it in 1978:

'Along with a distinguished band that included Lord Howe, Sir Henry Birkin, and the Earl of March, later the Duke of Richmond, he was one of a bunch of titled and talented amateurs who did much for the image of British motor racing in the 1920s and 1930s, albeit mainly at the wheel of foreign cars.'

In 1930, along with noted pilot Charles Barnard, Lewis founded Brian Lewis and C.D. Barnard Ltd as aircraft dealers, becoming the main UK agent for de Havilland. In 1931 the company became Brian Lewis and Company Ltd and merged with Selfridges Aviation Department, declaring itself as “The largest retailers in the world”. Based at Heston Aerodrome in Middlesex, the company expanded to Hooton Park Aerodrome, Liverpool and later to Renfrew Airport, Glasgow and Ipswich. It later moved from Heston to Elstree Aerodrome, then known as Aldenham.[3]

In the late 1930s, Lewis was a motoring correspondent of the News Chronicle and a President of the Guild of Motoring Writers.

Lord Essendon succeeded his father in the peerage and barony in 1944. His main recreation was golf. He was a member of the Bath Club in London.

Lewis lived in London and at Avenue Eglantine 5, Lausanne, Switzerland. He died in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Motorsports career results

European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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1931 Earl Howe Bugatti T51 Bugatti 2.3 L8 ITA FRA
12 		—1
Sir Henry Birkin Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Alfa Romeo 2.3 L8 BEL
4
1935 Earl Howe Maserati 8CM Maserati 3.0 L8 MON FRA BEL GER SUI
Ret 		ITA ESP 32nd 55
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Notes
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1929 Template:Flagicon Fox & Nichol Template:Flagicon Tim Rose-Richards Lagonda OH 2.0 29 DNF DNF
1930 Template:Flagicon Fox & Nichol Template:Flagicon Hugh Eaton Talbot AO90 3.0 162 3rd 1st
1931 Template:Flagicon Fox & Nichol Template:Flagicon Johnny Hindmarsh Talbot AV105 3.0 132 DNF DNF
1932 Template:Flagicon A. W. Fox Template:Flagicon Tim Rose-Richards Talbot AV105 3.0 180 3rd 3rd
1933 Template:Flagicon A. W. Fox Template:Flagicon Tim Rose-Richards Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 3.0 225 3rd 3rd
1934 Template:Flagicon A. W. Fox Template:Flagicon Johnny Hindmarsh Singer Le Mans 1½ Litre 1.5 195 7th 3rd
1935 Template:Flagicon Earl Howe Template:Flagicon Earl Howe Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM 3.0 129 DNF DNF
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References

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  1. ↑ Cricket Archive profile of Brian Lewis. Template:Webarchive www.acscricket.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ↑ VIP Voyagers II Template:Webarchive (9 March 2009). R. M. S. Queen Mary: Vintage news about the stateliest ship afloat.
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  • The Times, 19 July 1978. Obituary, page 19.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Baron Essendon
1944–1978 Template:S-ttl/check 		Extinct
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