Anthony Nicholas Scott Saxton (23 July 1934 – 31 March 2015) was a British advertising man and, later, headhunter who established the "swinging mega-boutique" ''Way In'' on the top floor of

Harrods Harrods is a Listed building, Grade II listed luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod, and opened in 1905; it replaced the first store on the ground ...

in 1967. In 1979, he and his business partner Stephen Bamfylde set up the headhunting firm Saxton Bampfylde. He was chairman of executive search company Moloney and director of Australian miners Kingstream through which he formed close ties with the regime in

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.Anthony Saxton, head-hunter – obituary
''

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'', 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Saxton was born in Suffolk and was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

. A devoted

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, he spent most of his life in

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is ...

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, where he served as a

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of St Anne's Church. He was also an

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of Alton Abbey in

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. Saxton was a close friend of

Peter de la Billière General Sir Peter Edgar de la Cour de la Billière, (born 29 April 1934) is a former British Army officer who was Director SAS during the Iranian Embassy siege, and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Operation Granby (the Gulf War). ...

. In 1971 he married Jill Lauderdale, with whom he had two daughters.

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External links

Official website: Saxton Bamflyde
1934 births 2015 deaths 20th-century English businesspeople British advertising executives Churchwardens English Anglicans Harrods People educated at Harrow School People from Kew, London 21st-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-1930s-stub