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Born in 1888 as the youngest of nine siblings, Walter Owen Bentley (W.O. Bentley) – though he preferred to be called W.O. – founded the company on 10 July 1919.
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BDC United States of America. Everyone is most welcome to join the Club, even if there is no Club Region close to you.
The Club ended 1936 with 54 Members, which rose steadily to 110 by the outbreak of war in 1939. During that time, Woolf Barnato agreed to become President, and other notable Members included Dr JD Benjafield, Bertie Kensington-Moir, Frank Clement and WO Bentley himself, who always expressed surprise, but pleasure, that the cars that he had ...
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Born: 16 September 1888, Hampstead, England. Died: 13 August 1971 (Age 82), Woking, England. Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1995. The purpose of the "Bentley Drivers Club of North America" is to meet fellow Bentley lovers, enjoy the drive and share the fun.
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Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 – 13 August 1971 was an English engineer who founded Bentley in London. He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley established his own firm in 1919.
Despite having owned the Company for two years, it wasn't until 1928 that Woolf became a fully-fledged part of the group of rich amateur drivers known as the Bentley Boys, but it wasn't long before he was recognised as its principal Member.
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We have witnessed many changes of fortune for the Bentley marque over the last 100 years, culminating in the purchase of the Company by Volkswagen in 1998, the return of a 'works' team to Le Mans, and the launch of the first all-new design Bentley since 1930.
