Kenelm Lee Guinness
British racing driver
Died when: 49 years 239 days (595 months)Star Sign: Leo
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Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness MBE (14 August 1887 – 10 April 1937) was a London-born racing driver of the 1910s and 1920s mostly associated with Sunbeam racing cars.
He set a new Land Speed Record in 1922.Also an automotive engineer, he invented and manufactured the KLG spark plug.
A member of the Guinness brewing family, and a director of the company, he lived and died in Putney Vale, London, and was buried at the nearby cemetery, bordering Putney Heath.
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