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

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, 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

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Background and family

Stenham was educated at Eton and

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

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, and Daisy Stenham.Obituary

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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