Noel Macklin

Sir Albert Noel Campbell Macklin
Born	28 October 1886
Died	1946
Known for	the innovative design and manufacture of motor cars and naval boats

Sir (Albert) Noel Campbell Macklin (1886–1946) was an innovative British car maker and boat designer. He founded Eric-Campbell in 1919, Silver Hawk in 1920, Invicta in 1925 and Railton in 1933. In 1939 he founded Fairmile Marine and supplied boats to the Royal Navy throughout World War II, for which effort he was honoured with a knighthood.

He was the father of sports car and Formula One racing driver Lance Macklin.

Macklin was born in Western Australia, the eldest son of Charles Campbell Macklin (1866–1918), barrister, and his wife, Ada Louisa, née Lockyer (1863/4–1935). The family had moved to Wimbledon, London by 1891 and Macklin was educated at Eton College. He was a successful amateur jockey; from 1908-1910 he represented England at ice hockey and in 1909 he raced a Mercedes at Brooklands.

In February 1914 he led an expedition to film big game in the Sudan.

Macklin was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914, where he served as a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery in the First World War, but was badly wounded in France and invalided out in 1915. Thus he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and further served with the Dover Patrol. On his transfer to the RNVR he enlisted Violette Cordery as his driver.

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