Anthony Saxton

{{Short description|British businessman (1934–2015)}}

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| name = Anthony Nicholas Scott Saxton

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| birth_date = 23 July 1934

| birth_place = Suffolk

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|03|31|1934|07|23|df=y}}

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| nationality = British

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| spouse = Jill Lauderdale (1971–2015, his death)

| children = 2

| occupation = Headhunter, Chairman of Kingstream

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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 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.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11605807/Anthony-Saxton-head-hunter-obituary.html Anthony Saxton, head-hunter – obituary] The Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

Saxton was born in Suffolk and was educated at Harrow School. A devout Anglican, he spent most of his life in Kew in London, where he served as a churchwarden of St Anne's Church.{{cite web|url=http://ukdatacentre.co.uk/person/3701993/Mr+Anthony+Nicolas+Scott+Saxton|title=Anthony Nicholas Scott Saxton|publisher=UK Data Centre|accessdate=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006185329/http://ukdatacentre.co.uk/person/3701993/Mr+Anthony+Nicolas+Scott+Saxton|archive-date=6 October 2015|url-status=usurped}} He was also an oblate of Alton Abbey in Hampshire.

Saxton was a close friend of Peter de la Billière.

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