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Eileen Ellison (1910-1967) | Eileen Mary Ellison (1910-1967) was a British Grand Prix racer. | ||
Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, the Sidney Frederick Ellison, a Solicitor, and his wife Theresa Clare Vinter. She had a sister, Diana, and a brother Tony. | |||
1940 Married Brian Lane | Due to her brother's interest in motorsport, Ellison became interested in racing in the late 1920s. She befriended a racing driver of the day, Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, and soon began racing herself. She was frequently noted as the entrant when Cholmondeley-Tapper raced, chiefly because it was her car used; Tony Ellison invariably being the mechanic. | ||
1940 Married at Cambridge to Brian John Edward Lane who died at sea two years later | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Ellison Wikipedia] | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 27 August 2022
Eileen Mary Ellison (1910-1967) was a British Grand Prix racer.
Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, the Sidney Frederick Ellison, a Solicitor, and his wife Theresa Clare Vinter. She had a sister, Diana, and a brother Tony.
Due to her brother's interest in motorsport, Ellison became interested in racing in the late 1920s. She befriended a racing driver of the day, Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, and soon began racing herself. She was frequently noted as the entrant when Cholmondeley-Tapper raced, chiefly because it was her car used; Tony Ellison invariably being the mechanic.
1940 Married at Cambridge to Brian John Edward Lane who died at sea two years later
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