13 Facts About Leslie Marr

Sir Leslie Lynn Marr of Sunderland, 2nd Baronet was a British landscape artist, painter and racing driver.

Leslie Marr was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Leslie Marr studied engineering at Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1942.

Leslie Marr is recognised primarily as a landscape artist and painter.

Leslie Marr allocated the upper floor of a bookshop he had rented as an exhibition space for Bomberg's students.

Between 1983 and 1991, Leslie Marr lived and painted on Arran, and later moved to a home and studio in Norfolk.

Artworks by Leslie Marr are held in the public collections of the British Academy, Imperial College Collection, Laing Art Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne, and Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.

Leslie Marr participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, making his debut on 17 July 1954 at the British Grand Prix.

Leslie Marr competed in several non-Championship races, with his best results including winning the 1955 Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race and finishing fourth in the 1956 New Zealand Grand Prix.

In 1948, Leslie Marr married artist Dinora Mendelson, daughter of London art dealer Jacob Mendelson and artist Lilian Holt; Lilian's second husband was Leslie Marr's former teacher David Bomberg.

In 1962, Leslie Marr married Lynn Moynihan; they had two daughters, the elder of whom predeceased him.

Leslie Marr died in Gimingham, Norfolk in May 2021 at the age of 98, survived by his widow, daughter, and three grandchildren.

Leslie Marr was succeeded as baronet by his first cousin twice removed, Allan James William Marr.