11 Facts About Lionel Martin

Lionel Walker Birch Martin was an English businessman who co-founded the company that became Aston Martin.

Lionel Martin was born at Nansladron at Pentewan near St Austell in Cornwall, and was an only child.

Lionel Martin's father was Edward Martin was born on in 1843, and the owner of Martin Brothers China Clay Merchants in St Austell, who lived at Treverbyn, and who owned the Lee Moor porcelain factory in Plympton.

Lionel Martin's mother was Elizabeth Emily Birch was born on in 1851 in Manchester, and who had been married previously to Walter Braithwaite who died, and she came from Salford, and her family were wealthy chalk and lime merchants; her father was William Singleton Birch, who had founded Singleton Birch, later run by his uncle Thomas Birch.

Lionel Martin's parents had married on 26 April 1877 at Lillington, Warwickshire; he was baptised on 20 May 1878 at Lillington church.

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Lionel Martin appealed at the High Court in January 1910, but the appeal was not upheld.

Lionel Martin participated in competitions of the Motor Cycling Club, including those from London to Edinburgh.

In November 1925, Bamford and Lionel Martin Ltd went into receivership, and Lionel Martin was no longer a director of the company.

Lionel Martin then married Katherine King was born on 14 July 1888 and on 25 January 1917 in Kensington.

Lionel Martin had lived from 1932 at Palings Cottage on Warboys Road at Kingston Hill, in the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe.

Lionel Martin's funeral was at 3pm on Monday 29 October 1945 at St John the Baptist in Kingston Vale.