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1954 Bentley R Type Automatic Hooper Empress Saloon B42YD
Sale price: £32,500.00 make an offer
Car location: Bethesda, United Kingdom
Sale type: Fixed price listing
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- Model:
- 1954 Bentley R Type Hooper Empress Saloon B42YD
- Engine:
- 4,566
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1954 Bentley R Type Automatic Hooper Empress Saloon B42YD for sale
Current customer rating: (416 votes ) based onChassis No. B42YD. Reg No. PYP 270. £32. 00.
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Ordered by Mjr John R. Abbey (1894/1969) whose grandfather Henry Abbey was a partner of W. Hallett in Kemp Town Brewery. after Hallett's death the Abbey family took over the brewery until it was acquired by Charringtons in 1954 – the same year that B42YD was purchased! (In 1935 Mjr Abbey's father purchased a Phantom II Chassis Nr 48UK). Mjr Abbey served in WWI & WWII with the Rifle Brigade – his younger brother Noel was killed in 1918 (aged 20) whilst serving with the Grenadier Guards. Mjr Abbey was a book collector who specialised in illuminated manuscripts & fine bindings dating from the 11th Century. In 1964 B42YD was acquired by David Keswick a scion of the Keswick-Jardine-Matheson family. The business can be traced back to the 18th Century when they started trading in the Far East – initially as opium traders! The family later diversified into banking. shipping. railways. textiles. politics & property - various family members becoming Tai-pans (foreign-born businessmen who headed large Hong-Kong Trading houses – the family are said to have inspired James Clavell to write his novels).
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