However, a little further research suggests that Robert may be at least partly wrong.
There was certainly a motor-boating prize called the Alexander Burton Trophy.
But the initials 'JT' suggest that this individual might be one Joseph Tucker Burton-Alexander. He was born in Braemar in Scotland on July 17th 1879 and attended Edinburgh Academy: in 1898 he enrolled at Cambridge University. He seems to have been a railway enthusiast, with a particular interest in long non-stop runs and rail speed records and in 1900 and 1902 he had letters on the subject published in The Times. These give his address as 'The Bury, Pavenham, nr Bedford' - which is also the address specified when he entered Cambridge and said to be that of his father. He also published a book on the subject, entitled Runs in Three Continents: Being a Short Record of Actual Performances on Some European, Canadian, Australian and American Railways
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However, military records on Ancestry show his address at discharge after the Great War (he served in the military censor's office in the War Office in London with the rank of lieutenant) as 'Chateau de Gandels, Revel, Haute Garonne, France.'
Today, the chateau appears to still exist:
http://www.chateau-f...de-gandels.html
The Bury was demolished in 1960 after a fire.
http://lh.matthewbec...fo_gallery.html
Without knowing Robert's sources, which would perhaps enable further investigation, it would seem impossible to verify whether these two individuals are one and the same.