Background
Jarrott was born at 25 Hendon Street, Pimlico, London, to Martha (née Rosser) and Robert Jarrott, a blacksmith"s labourer.
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Charles Jarrott
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In 1901 he finished 10th in the Paris–Berlin Trail, driving a Panhard et Levassor Number 13, and completing the 1105 km in 19 hours and 59 seconds. In 1902 he finished 3rd in the Paris–Arras–Paris race, driving a Panhard et Levassor Number 3, and completing the 864 km in 13 hours 4 minutes and 12 seconds.
Career
Racing He later entered the Paris–Vienna Trail (sometimes described as the VII Grand Prix de l"American Car and Foundry) where he finished 23rd in the Panhard et Levassor number 8, completing the 990 km in 20 hours, 44 minutes and 12 seconds. Jarrott"s greatest success was winning the 1902 Circuit des Ardennes in the Panhard et Levassor, completing the 6 lap, 512 km race at Bastogne in car number 8, taking 5 hours, 53 minutes 39 seconds. Jarrott had inherited the lead on lap 3 after Baron Pierre de Crawhez retired in his Mors Z. In 1903 he finished 3rd in the Paris–Madrid Trail race (The Race of Death), driving a De Dietrich car Number 1, and completing the 1,014 km until the race was abandoned at Bordeaux in 5 hours 25 minutes and 55 seconds.
But he failed to finish in the Circuit des Ardennes at Bastogne after his de Dietrich Number 4 suffered multiple tire failures.
Business In 1902, in association with West.M. Letts, Jarrott founded the car import firm "Charles Jarrott & Letts Limited". In 1905, Jarrott was amongst those who founded the Automobile Association (the Associate of Arts).
He served as the Association"s chairman in 1922. World War I service During the First World War, Jarrott served with the Royal Flying Corps.
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Jarrott raced from 1900 to 1904, winning the 1902 Circuit des Ardennes race and competing in the 1903 and 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup races. He co-founded a car import firm in 1902 and was a founder member of the Automobile Association (the Associate of Arts), serving as chairman in 1922. In 1904 Jarrott entered the Gordon Bennett Cup Eliminator, the (I Eliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale) that was held in the Forest of Argonne, but his de Dietrich 24/28 hp, Carolina Number 21, retired after 5 laps with mechanical problems.
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Conservative