Christopher Baker-Carr
#1
Posted 03 October 2007 - 14:22
On the WWW I stumbled across a certain Brigadier General Christopher D’Arcy Baker-Carr. Is he related to the motor racing CB-C?
Also on the WWW I discovered that a certain Christopher Baker-Carr died in 1987. That CB-C was married to an American woman called Katherine Howe who in 1989 died in the USA. Since she is said to have married at least one more time her marriage to CB-C probably was divorced. Therefore it seems possible - if her husband was in fact the motor racing CB-C – that she returned to the USA after having been divorced leaving him behind in Great Britain.
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#2
Posted 03 October 2007 - 15:04
#3
Posted 03 October 2007 - 15:12
#4
Posted 03 October 2007 - 15:36
In 1891, Christopher DBSB Carr was at school in Godalming.
#5
Posted 03 October 2007 - 15:40
That is Jenny Baker-Carr who races a Tecno F3 car.Originally posted by David McKinney
There was also a Robert Baker-Carr who raced a Brabham BT21 around 1989/90, and whose widow ISTR was once a TNF member
#6
Posted 04 October 2007 - 14:12
Originally posted by Andrew Kitson
That is Jenny Baker-Carr who races a Tecno F3 car.
Andrew,
I have sent a link to Jenny. Her late husband Robert was a great racing enthusiast and lovely guy. No doubt she can shed some light on this discussion.
#7
Posted 04 October 2007 - 14:33
(Apropos nothing really, the Brigadier was declared bankrupt in 1928 and named as co-respondent in a divorce in 1929.) The Times, passim
#8
Posted 04 October 2007 - 14:40
Kit Baker-Carr died in 1970 and had two marriages. The first produced various children including his first born son, also Christopher (it was the Baker-Carr tradition to name the first born boy Christopher, and usually shortened to Kit) who was half brother to my Robert who came from Kit's second marriage after WWII to Marian who also produced his lovely sister Susan (another family name).
Half brother Christopher is a wonderfully eccentric chap who married again one of the Krug champagne women. He had an incredible memory for facts and information about the Baker-Carrs and anything to do with motorsport. He also had a son, again called Kit, who lives in America.
The Baker-Carrs have a strong line of career soldiers so it was his uncle Brdr Sir John Baker-Carr who wrote an excellent book 'From Chauffeur to Brigadier' about his experiences in the Great War.
Marian Baker-Carr, Robert's mother, sadly sold off all the Brooklands collection in May which happened to be one of the best in Europe. Unfortunately I did not hear about this soon enough to raise the £15,000 or so it went for.
Robert had no children of his own (although we had fun trying for many years) and it may have been the cancer that was to blame. He adored my son, Miles, and we all had a most happy and contented life together, indulging our three passions: motorsport, golf and being with likeminded friends.
#9
Posted 04 October 2007 - 15:39
#10
Posted 04 October 2007 - 16:04
All well here apart from stupid neck and arm. Have a '64 Anglia that I may have to convert to an historic rally car that can also be used on the circuit as I cannot operate my arm and hand in an enclosed space now. Anyone want to buy a Tecno?!!
#11
Posted 10 August 2008 - 08:30