Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth was a racing motorist, aviator and prolific collector of veteran cars and aircraft. His collection forms the nucleus of the Shuttleworth Collection. He was killed in an air crash on a night RAF training exercise in 1940.
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth was born at The Mansion House, Old Warden Park, now part of Shuttleworth College
Shuttleworth is buried in the Shuttleworth Family vault at the church of St Leonard in Old Warden
The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) is an exclusive invitation-only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Except under exceptional circumstances, members must have been born in the United Kingdom or Commonwealth. The BRDC owns and operates Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom.
The clubhouse at Silverstone in 2008
BRDC-500 trophy between 1929 and 1937.