SIR LESLIE MARR 1922-2021

Better known to the wider world as a prominent landscape artist, Sir Leslie Marr, 2nd Baronet, who has died aged 98, started the 1954 and 1955 runnings of the British Grand Prix. Marr raced his Connaught A-type in national events in 1952-53, before placing third in the Glover Trophy at Goodwood in 1954 and finishing 13th in the GP at Silverstone. After upgrading to a B-type, he failed to finish at Aintree in 1955, but took a strong fourth in the 1956 New Zealand GP at Ardmore and third in the Lady Wigram Trophy at Christchurch.