Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (16 July 1909 – 2 August 1940)[1] was a racing motorist, aviator and prolific collector of veteran cars and aircraft.

He was fascinated from an early age with any mechanical object, and this interest led to the nucleus of the present Shuttleworth Collection, housed on his former estate.

He did not excel academically, except in Eton's School of Mechanics, and on leaving the college he attained the necessary qualifications through a "crammer" to join the Army.

A keen and accomplished horseman, between 1927 and 1932 he rode in the Oakley Club's Hunt, various point-to-points, hurdles, steeplechases and in 1931 won the Subalterns Cup.

"[5] He won the Brighton Speed Trials on a Bugatti Type 51 in 1934,[6] and again in 1935[7] on an Alfa-Romeo P3 Tipo B, breaking Sir Malcolm Campbell's course record.

When the Second World War broke out Shuttleworth joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR).

In the early hours of 2 August 1940 he took off in a Fairey Battle light bomber for a cross-country training exercise, but it crashed into a hill at nearby Ewelme and he was killed.