Bruce Henley Halford (18 May 1931 – 2 December 2001) was a British racing driver from England. He was born in

Hampton-in-Arden Hampton in Arden is a village and civil parish located in the Forest of Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. Hampton in Arden was part of Warwickshire until the 1974 boundary changes. It lies within ...

(then in

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) and educated at

Blundell's School Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school in the English public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon. It was founded in 1604 under the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the t ...

Halford drove in

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from to , participating in nine World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races. He died in

Churston Ferrers Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Today it is administered by local government as the Churston-with-Galmpton ward of th ...

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. Halford's obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph'' described him as "one of the last of the 1950s' select band of private-entrant owner-drivers from the heyday of the classical front-engined Grand Prix car."

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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English racing drivers English Formula One drivers British Racing Partnership Formula One drivers 1931 births 2001 deaths People educated at Blundell's School 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers {{England-autoracing-bio-stub Ecurie Ecosse drivers