Margaret Allan (racing driver)
Scottish motor racing driver (1909–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret Mabel Gladys Jennings (née Allan; 26 July 1909 – 21 September 1998)[1] was a Scottish motor racing driver. As Margaret Allan (sometimes erroneously "Allen") she was one of the leading British female racing and rally drivers in the inter-war years,[2] and one of only four women ever to earn a 120 mph badge at the Brooklands circuit.[3] During the war, Jennings worked as an ambulance driver and then at Bletchley Park's intelligence de-coding centre. After the war, she became a journalist and was Vogue magazine's motoring correspondent from 1948 to 1957.
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Margaret Jennings | |
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Born | Margaret Mabel Gladys Allan (1909-07-26)26 July 1909 |
Died | 21 September 1998(1998-09-21) (aged 89) Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Education | Bedales School |
Occupation(s) | Racing driver and journalist |
Spouse | Christopher Jennings |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Alexander Allan (great grandfather) Janie Allan (aunt) |
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