Brian Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon

Brian Edmund Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon (7 December 1903 – 18 July 1978), also known as Bug, was a British motor-racing driver, company director, baronet, and peer.

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

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

He 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 the late 1930s, he 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.

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

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1929 Fox & Nichol Tim Rose-Richards Lagonda OH 2.0 29 DNF DNF
1930 Fox & Nichol Hugh Eaton Talbot AO90 3.0 162 3rd 1st
1931 Fox & Nichol Johnny Hindmarsh Talbot AV105 3.0 132 DNF DNF
1932 A. W. Fox Tim Rose-Richards Talbot AV105 3.0 180 3rd 3rd
1933 A. W. Fox Tim Rose-Richards Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 3.0 225 3rd 3rd
1934 A.A. Rigby Johnny Hindmarsh Singer Le Mans 1½ Litre 1.5 195 7th 3rd
1935 Earl Howe Earl Howe Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM 3.0 129 DNF DNF
Source:[3]

Complete European Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EDC Pts
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
Source:[4]
Notes
  • ^1 – Lewis was co-driver with Howe at the French GP and with Birkin at the Belgian GP, therefore rules excluded him from the championship.

References
  1. Cricket Archive profile of Brian Lewis. Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine www.acscricket.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. VIP Voyagers II Archived 25 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (9 March 2009). R. M. S. Queen Mary: Vintage news about the stateliest ship afloat.
  3. "All Results of Brian Lewis". racingsportscars.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. "THE GOLDEN ERA – OF GRAND PRIX RACING". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  • The Times, 19 July 1978. Obituary, page 19.


Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Lewis		 Baron Essendon
1944–1978		 Succeeded by
Extinct
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