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DRIVERS: LESLIE THORNE

Name: Leslie Thorne
Nationality: Great Britain
Date of birth: June 23, 1916 - Greenock, Scotland
Date of death: July 13, 1993 - Troon, Scotland

A chartered accountant by profession, Thorne was also a keen amateur who was persuaded to drive the Ecurie Ecosse Connaught A-type in the 1954 British Grand Prix in which he finished 14th.