Anthony Nicholas Scott Saxton (23 July 1934 – 31 March 2015) was a British advertising man and, later,
headhunter
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* Headhunting, hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing them
* Executive search, informally called headhunting, a specialized recruitment service
Arts and entertainment Film and telev ...
who established the "swinging mega-boutique" ''Way In'' on the top floor of
Harrods
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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
North Korea
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.
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''The Daily Telegraph
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'', 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
Saxton was born in Suffolk and was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
, established = (Royal Charter)
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school
, religion = Church of E ...
. A devout
Anglican
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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 a ...
in
London
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, where he served as a
churchwarden of
St Anne's Church.
He was also an
oblate
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Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally livi ...
of
Alton Abbey
Alton Abbey is an Order of St Benedict (Anglican), Anglican Benedictine monastery (founded in 1895) in the village of Beech, Hampshire, Beech, near Alton, Hampshire, Alton, Hampshire, England. The abbey is not far from one of Hampshire's hig ...
in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
.
Saxton was a close friend of
Peter de la Billière.
In 1971 he married Jill Lauderdale, with whom he had two daughters.
References
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
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