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Innes Ireland (Robert McGregor Innes Ireland) was born on 12 June, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a British racing driver (1930–1993). Discover Innes Ireland's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
| Popular As |
Robert McGregor Innes Ireland |
| Occupation |
miscellaneous |
| Age |
63 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
12 June, 1930 |
| Birthday |
12 June |
| Birthplace |
Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Date of death |
22 October, 1993 |
| Died Place |
Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Innes Ireland Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
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| Sibling |
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Innes Ireland Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Innes Ireland worth at the age of 63 years old? Innes Ireland’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Innes Ireland's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Miscellaneous |
Innes Ireland Social Network
Timeline
Lieutenant Robert McGregor Innes Ireland (12 June 1930 – 22 October 1993), was a British military officer, engineer, and motor racing driver, with 1 Championship and 8 non-Championship Formula 1 race victories, and several sports car wins including one Tourist Trophy.
Ireland was a larger-than-life character who, according to a rival team boss, "lived without sense, without an analyst, and provoked astonishment and affection from everyone."
Ireland was born 12 June 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish veterinary surgeon.
His family returned to Kirkcudbright, Scotland during his youth, and he trained as an engineer with Rolls-Royce, first in Glasgow and later in London.
Commissioned as a lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, he served with the Parachute Regiment in the Suez Canal Zone during 1953 and 1954.
Ireland began racing a Riley 9 in 1954.
On 30 October 1954 Ireland married Scarborough schoolteacher Norma Thomas.
His first year of nationally competitive events was 1957, by which time he was running a small engineering firm in Surrey.
Success in sports car racing saw him make his Formula One debut for Team Lotus in 1959.
Jean had been engaged to Mike Hawthorn at the time of Hawthorn's death in 1959.
In 1960 he won three non-championship Formula One races and finished fourth in the World Drivers Championship.
Badly injured in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, Ireland recovered to win the Solitude Grand Prix and Flugplatzrennen races, then finished the season with a victory in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
He was encouraged by Bill France, founder of NASCAR, to participate in the 1967 Daytona 500, one of the last races of his career, where the V8 engine of his year old Dodge exploded outside the stands.
They had two daughters before divorcing in 1967.
He then married Edna Humphries also in 1967.
Marathon in the Dust, published in 1970 is Ireland's account of the grueling 1968 Daily Express London-Sydney Marathon, which Ireland completed with 2 friends, fellow F1 competitor Michael Taylor and British bobsledder Andy Hedges in a Mercedes Benz 280 SE.
He worked as a journalist for ESPN for several F1 races in the late 1980s as well as the American Road & Track magazine, Autocar magazine, and skippering fishing trawlers in the North Atlantic.
Ireland also had a son who died in 1992.
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Towards the end of his life, he was elected president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, which post he still held at the time of his death from cancer on 22 October 1993, at Reading, Berkshire, England.
A talented writer, Ireland produced a classic autobiography, All Arms and Elbows (ISBN 0-85184-050-7).
Ireland married his third wife Jean Mander (née Howarth), a former fashion model, on 11 June 1993 at Newbury register office.
