Antony Pilkington
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Sir Antony Richard Pilkington (20 June 1935 – 22 September 2000) was the fifth generation and last family member to chair the Pilkington group.[1]
He succeeded distant cousin Sir Alastair Pilkington as chairman in 1980 and served until 1995, having joined the board in 1973 when his second cousin once removed Baron Pilkington retired as chairman. He wanted Pilkington’s to be a “good company in the best sense,” as he told one interviewer in 1990, “not just a money machine”.[2]
He was knighted in 1990.[3]
Family
Son of Major Arthur Cope Pilkington, he attended Ampleforth College and went on to spend his National service in the Coldstream Guards.[4]
He married Alice Kirsty Dundas, daughter of Major Sir Thomas Calderwood Dundas of Arniston (7th baronet) and Isobel Goring, on 15 December 1960. They had four children:
- Jerome Antony Simon Pilkington b. 17 Sep 1961
- David Christopher Pilkington b. 4 Dec 1963
- Miranda Kirsty Pilkington b. 20 Sep 1966
- Simon Benedict Pilkington b. 9 Dec 1972[5]