Lionel Walker Birch Martin (* 1878, "† 14 October 1945) was a British businessman and running driver from Cornwall. It is one of the two founders and name giver of the automark Aston Martin.

Lionel Martin came of to a family, which had come in the mining industry to money and reputation. It enjoyed its training among other things in Eton. Already early he discovered his passion for the engine haven. The Gentleman driver was admits for a hard, victory-oriented style of driving. The eve of the First World War, 15 January 1913, he created the company Bamford & Martin Ltd. together with engineer Robert Bamford. in London. The company was concerned with the selling of automobiles of the mark Singer in the southEnglish area. After the foreign exchange "Win on sunday, sell on monday "took part Martin regularly with singing he automobiles in motorraces. But the vehicles exhibited some lack in the running employment, Bamford and Martin planned their own development.

Lionel Martin had participated straight with a converted Singer 10 in the mountain running of Aston Clinton, however had not won, as is frequently stated. This event was however according to its delivered statement the starting point for the emergence of the label name Aston Martin: After reviewing all the flowers, beasts, birds and of fishes that incoming goods knew, incoming goods got ton place names, and as my Singer had recently scored A POINT or two RK the Aston Clinton Hill Climb, the roofridge part OF that name which adopted with acclamation and my simple cognomen appended tons it. (We had all flowers, wild animals, birds and fish, which we could do, through, and thought about place names. Since my Singer had gotten recently when the mountain running Aston Clinton a few points, we decided enthusiastically to use the first part of this name and mean modest surnames to to-hang.)

In March 1915 the first prototype stood, "for Coal Scuttle "(coal box) mentioned, with an optimized Coventry simplex engine on the wheels. The permission of 16. March occupies the characteristic TO 4656. This prototype was long maltreated by Lionel Martin four years, until a second vehicle was developed. From this, 1920 finished placed, vehicle developed starting from 1923 a first small series production. Engineer Robert Bamford left however briefly before the recent enterprise, since he had lost the interest in the quantity production.

Lionel Martin found in the millionaire son and passionate running driver count Lou Zborowski a new, financially strong partner. But the count had an accident, after he had booked some records and racer sequence for Aston Martin, on 19 October 1924 in Monza deadly. For Lionel Martin had this fatal consequences: The successful, but with approx. 700 to 750 Pound Sterling expensive, Aston Martins sold themselves sluggishly, the company turned out into financial difficulties. Martin had to give the management up and pulled themselves disappointed from the enterprise back. From now on he dedicated himself to its second large passion, the bicycle. With such, a execution, the was on 14 October 1945 on the Gloucester Road in Kingston on the way, when it was entangled into a traffic accident and hurt deadly.

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