Hon. Richard Wrottesley
#1
Posted 27 September 2006 - 12:35
Who remembers the Hon. Richard Wrottesley of 'flat iron' Lister Jaguar fame and other things? I hope I've spelt the name correctly as I'm running on the little grey cells, to quote Poirot.
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#2
Posted 27 September 2006 - 13:10
#3
Posted 27 September 2006 - 13:19
I suspect you will find the obit for his step mother entertaining.
http://forums.autosp...ight=Wrottesley
IIRC Richard was killed road racing in Ireland in the Lister. He was one of a certain group in the early 60s., the sort who had previously built the Empire, (wait for the Grauniad and Indy readers to come over all Polly Toynbee-ish.) He seems to have been outrageous in everything. I think the Lister was an everyday car for him. He was certainly quick in it. Perhaps others remember him.
KJJ may be able to turn up an obit.
Roger Lund.
#4
Posted 27 September 2006 - 14:31
#5
Posted 27 September 2006 - 14:42
Fielding. Raffish fellows all.
#6
Posted 27 September 2006 - 15:39
Can anyone give a hint how old he was?
By googling I found a certain Hon. Richard Francis Gerard Wrottesley,
b. 16 August 1942, d. 06 November 1970.
Could this one be subject of this thread or would he have been too young?
#7
Posted 27 September 2006 - 15:56
I also thought that he died somewhat later, perhaps in a road accident, but he had a reputation for being let us say extrovert. There was also a Cresta Run connection I believe. Strangely enough I could not find an actual obit anywhere on the web.
Yes mama, and I presume this was she, was a pretty interesting sort of person and thanks for the response one and all. More contributions would be welcome.
#8
Posted 27 September 2006 - 16:01
#9
Posted 27 September 2006 - 16:29
perhaps someone with a set of Autosports might find the obit, now that we know when.
The Cresta story seems to be true, and perhaps ties in with the Cortina demo which Jimmy Clark did in a Lotus Cortina down one of the bob runs. Did JC not fall/slip on the ice and hurt his back IIRC, or not?
RL
#10
Posted 27 September 2006 - 16:30
You really couldn't make up a name like that, could you? It sounds like something from Monty Python ..... ah, the aristocracy! Where would British humour be without them?Originally posted by KJJ
...... Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdin Wrottesley ......
#12
Posted 27 September 2006 - 17:07
The Hon. Richard's mother was Roshnara Barbara Wingfield-Stratton, Sir Richard's first wife. The preponderance of double barrelled names and royalty connections (Tudor I believe) is not so much Monty Python, rather Burke's Peerage.
#13
Posted 27 September 2006 - 17:10
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#14
Posted 27 September 2006 - 18:57
In 1965 Anglian Racing Developments fielded a number of cars with the Hon. Richard Wrottesley and Innes Ireland as drivers. This team has now been wound up but racing is continuing. The team started in 1962 and in that time E-type ,D-type ,Lister Jags ,HWM Jag Ferrari 250GT, TVR and Elva BMW cars have been raced. In the four years of racing the teams best achievements have included 3rd in the Autosport championship, fastest British car and driver at the Nurburgring , 15 placings incl. 9 victories
Colours and markings : Mettalescent turquoise with emblem on doors, this is a black and gold quarterd recangle wuth a white border-on Horseracing colours of the Wrottesley family. Wheels -black
From the MAP book : Motor Racing Team Colours & Markings by John Baxter 1967
#15
Posted 27 September 2006 - 21:52
The Hon. R F G Wrottesley - single (in 1965), Paratroop Officer. Interests: Bobsleigh, Cresta Run and mountaineering.
First race 1962 Rufforth Jaguar D-Type. Competed with D-Type, Lister Jaguar and Ferrari 250s in 19 events that year gaining three 1sts, two 2nds, four 3rds and was in winning Jaguar team at 6-hour relay.
The book cites similar successes in 1964, taking 3rd place in the unlimited class in Autosport championship.
Address: Park House, Gaddesby, Leicestershire. Tel: Gaddesby 206 (Those were the days!)
#16
Posted 27 September 2006 - 22:11
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#17
Posted 27 September 2006 - 22:17
Originally posted by Alan Cox
Extracted from The Motor Racing Register of 1965:
The Hon. R F G Wrottesley - single (in 1965), Paratroop Officer. Interests: Bobsleigh, Cresta Run and mountaineering.
First race 1962 Rufforth Jaguar D-Type. Competed with D-Type, Lister Jaguar and Ferrari 250s in 19 events that year gaining three 1sts, two 2nds, four 3rds and was in winning Jaguar team at 6-hour relay.
What a fantastic first season, cars and results, for a 20 year old. Absolute magic, or are the rose tinted lenses playing up again.. Talk about those being the days..........................
Not a motorhome, personal trainer, team manager, dietician, PR wallah etc etc in sight, and they drove the cars to the events I suspect.
RL
#18
Posted 28 September 2006 - 07:41
None of the modern sanitised nonsense and as for training this was no doubt conducted with the aid of Louis Roederer.
#19
Posted 28 September 2006 - 20:07