Background
He was born in Hampton-in-Arden (then in Warwickshire) and educated at Blundell"s School.
He was born in Hampton-in-Arden (then in Warwickshire) and educated at Blundell"s School.
Halford drove in Formula One from 1956 to 1960, participating in nine World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races. He died in Churston Ferrers, Devon. Halford"s obituary in The Daily Telegraph described him as "one of the last of the 1950s" select band of private-entrant owner-drivers from the heyday of the classical front-engined Grand Prix car."
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