1930 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Barker Limousine GDP50

A delightful. early 20/25 with vintage appeal. in many ways feeling similar to & having the charm and characteristics of a 20 hp. but with the advantage of the more powerful engine. The car is in good order throughout. running well. in sound condition with nice door fits. etc. and is handsome. well-proportioned. and typical of the late twenties/early thirties. with ‘cut away' front wings. upright screen. etc. as well as Barker dipping headlights. The file of paperwork which accompanies the car includes copies of an old logbook. Mo T certificates and tax discs from the 1970 s and later. and a complete list of owners from when the car was new until the present day. Recently fitted with five new tyres and heavy duty tubes. offered serviced and newly Mo T tested.

Chassis No.

GDP 50

Reg. No. GK 2166

£35. 00.

Snippets: The interlinked Shipbuilders & a Minor Film Star
Colonel John Lynn Marr died in 1931 having owned GDP 50 for just a year. leaving a widow & a 10 year son - Leslie.

His widow Amelia was the daughter of Robert Thompson a wealthy shipbuilder & as such had the funds to provide Amelia with a glamorous life – she was pioneer motorist with her 1 st car being a Darracq and her 2 nd a Fiat – she attended a finishing school in Brussels and had been to St Moritz where she bobsleighed with a Russian Prince and also went on a tour of Egypt with her parents.

The two families were interlinked not just in marriage but also in business with Sir James Marr being on the board of J. L. Thompson & Sons.

In 1932 Sir James Marr died and Col. John's young son was raised by his uncle – William Bell Marr alongside his cousins Allan. Norman & Arthur.

The love of motoring appeared to have been handed down to young Leslie who obtained an engineering degree. joined the RAF & then – instead of going into the family business became an artist – after he had raced Aston Martins & an F 2 Connaught A-Type in the 1950 s.

After the death of Col. Marr GDP 50 was acquired by Arthur Percival Lockwood Wingate who was involved in the Sugar industry – in 1911 he sailed on the Barranca from Avonmouth to Kingston & in 1914 whilst he was in Cape Town on behalf of D. W. F Maxwell (an inventor of a sugar cane crushing mill) he got married to a Kate Marquardt at the Cathedral of St George! After WWII GDP 50 spent some time in Rothbury with Linden Cecil Wright who had taken over his father's Coach Company in the late 1930 s – he developed the business into agricultural and car sales but also used his coaches to transport members of the British Army & Po Ws to work – they had to sit on slatted wooden seats!! In 1980 GDP 50 became used to some very glamorous company as the car was in the British series “Barriers” – actors in the series (who may not have sat in the car) include Benedict Taylor (Star Wars & Vanity Fair). Paul Rogers (Our Man In Havana). Laurence Naismith (Mogambo). Sian Phillips (Ex-wife of Peter O'Toole – Under Milk Wood. Dune). Patricia Lawrence (Tenko). Nicholas Courtney (Dr Who) and Robert Addie (Robin of Sherwood) to name a few.

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