Lieutenant-Commander Home Ronald Archibald Kidston (11 March 1910 – January 1996) was a Royal Navy officer, farmer and racing driver.

[7][8] He then served as Anti-Submarine Officer aboard HMS Kelly, under Lord Mountbatten, from February 1941 until her sinking off Crete on 23 May 1941.

[9] Kidston was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 1 July 1942,[10] and later commanded his own destroyer,[4] HMS Escapade from October 1944 until December 1945.

After he returned to England, he raced a Type 51 Bugatti[13] and the ex-Howe Alfa Romeo 2.3 Le Mans car, and entering several Frazer Nash BMWs in Alpine trials.

[15] Also a keen pilot, Kidston owned a de Havilland DH.60M Moth G-AAXG (c/n 1542) which was built in 1930 for de Havilland company chairman Alan S. Butler, who flew it in the 1930 King's Cup Air Race and finished second, as well as won the prize for the highest speed achieved at 129.7 miles per hour (208.7 km/h).

[17][18][19] In June 1934 Kidston registered his brother's Lockheed Vega (G-ABGK) to take part in the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia.

[20] However, it was an Australian, Jimmie Woods, who actually flew the aircraft in the race,[21] which overturned on landing at Aleppo, and was forced to withdraw.