Sam Toy (21 August 1923 – 24 March 2008) was a British industrialist who was chair of Ford Motor Company UK from 1980 until 1986. He presided over Ford at a time it faced competition from

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, and saw Ford make their last Cortina. Toy also led Ford UK through the difficult introduction of the Sierra in 1982, the MK3 Granada and the Orion. After schooling at

Falmouth Grammar School Falmouth Grammar School was a grammar school in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK from 1887 to 1971. Notable students and staff * John Sydney Hicks * Roger Hosen *Paul Martin *Trevor McCabe *Norman Pounds * Sam Toy *Richard M. Trevethan Squadron Leader ...

, he went to

Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (18 ...

, to read

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, but his studies were interrupted by the war. He later returned to Cambridge, transferring to

Fitzwilliam College Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...

. After his retirement, he lived in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

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1923 births 2008 deaths People from Mabe, Cornwall Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Officers of the Order of the British Empire Ford executives English industrialists People educated at Falmouth Grammar School 20th-century English businesspeople {{Cornwall-stub