Anthony William Paul Stenham (28 January 1932 – 22 October 2006), and named "Cob" after

Richard Cobden Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 – 2 April 1865) was an English Radicals (UK), Radical and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician, manufacturing, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti–Corn Law L ...

, was a director of

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for sixteen years, the chairman of Ajro Wiggins Appleton from 1991 and on the board and latterly chairman of

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, for twelve years from 1994 to 2006. He died of a

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and was buried on the west side of

Highgate Cemetery Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for so ...

Background and family

Stenham was educated at

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and

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(law and economics). His daughters are the playwright,

Polly Stenham Polly Stenham (born 16 July 1986) is an English playwright known for her play '' That Face'', which she wrote when she was 19 years old. Background Stenham was born and raised in London. She attributes her love of theatre to her father as he t ...

, and Daisy Stenham.Obituary

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1932 births 2006 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English chief executives 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-1930s-stub