Gawaine Baillie

Sir Gawaine George Hope Baillie, 7th Baronet (8 March 1934 – 21 December 2003) was a British amateur motor racing driver, engineer, industrialist, stamp collector, and the owner of the estate surrounding Leeds Castle, the ancient fortress in Kent. The castle itself was bequeathed to the nation upon his mother's death in 1974. After his death, it was discovered that he had amassed, almost entirely in secret, one of the greatest collections of stamps of the former British Empire.

Early life Sir Gawaine was raised at Leeds Castle, the ancient fortress in Kent that his mother Lady Baillie (née Olive Cecilia Paget), a Whitney heiress, had bought with her sister Dorothy Paget in 1928.

Following education at Sandroyd School, Eton and Cambridge, he created HPC Engineering in 1959, After retiring from motor racing, he returned to his boyhood hobby of collecting stamps. with a Ford Falcon which benefited from his expertise in supercharging. of the highest quality including a copy of the scarce Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum.

Personal life In 1966, he married Margot Beaubien,

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‡ Event with 3 races staged for the different classes.

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