Oliver Henry Julius Bertram (26 February 1910 – 13 September 1975) was an English racing driver who held the Brooklands

Brooklands

Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. It opened in 1907, and was the world's first purpose-built motorsport venue, as well as one of Britain's first airfields...

 race track record for 2 months 2 days during 1935. He was twice awarded the BRDC Gold Star.

Bertram was the eldest son of Julius Bertram

Julius Bertram

Julius Bertram was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom who served one term as Member of Parliament for the Hitchin division of Hertfordshire....

 1866–1944 and Marjorie Sutton 1878–1947. He was educated at Stowe School

Stowe School

Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It was founded on 11 May 1923 by J. F. Roxburgh, initially with 99 male pupils. It is a member of the Rugby Group and Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group...

, Buckingham and Cambridge University. He was by profession a barrister at law practising in London.

He started racing at Cambridge in 1929. He became the Brooklands outer lap record holder in his 8-litre special Barnato

Woolf Barnato

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-Hassan Bentley

Bentley

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 racing car on the 5 August 1935 with a time of 69.85 seconds, attaining an average speed of 142.6 miles per hour (63.7 m/s). However this record stood for only 2 months 2 days, as on 7 October John Cobb

John Cobb (motorist)

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 regained the title in his Napier Railton

Napier Railton

The Napier-Railton is an aero-engined race car built in 1933, designed by Reid Railton to a commission by John Cobb, and built by Thomson & Taylor...

 with a speed of 143.44 miles per hour (64.1 m/s).

Bertram won the Easter Short handicap race in 1935 and with John Cobb took first place in 1937 in the BRDC 500 Kilometres Race – a shortened version of the 500 Miles Race. He was awarded the British Racing Drivers' Club

British Racing Drivers' Club

The British Racing Drivers' Club is a membership body which represents the interests of professional racing drivers from the United Kingdom.-Early days:...

gold star twice – in 1935 and 1938.

He married Anne Clark in Niarobi in 1943. They had 2 children, James Julius Bertram born 24 November 1944 and Janet Lavinia Bertram born 14 August 1946.