Anthony Sumption Anthony James Chadwick Sumption DSC VRD was a British tax lawyer and wartime submarine RN commander.Early life Sumption was born at Bishop's Stortford . His father was a journalist who wrote for trade journals . He was educated at Cheltenham College , where he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve . After leaving school, he began training as an articled clerk , but left to study Law at the London School of Economics .War service Sumption was called up for active service during the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, but stood down later that year after the Munich Agreement . He returned to his studies at the LSE, but was called up again in 1940 after outbreak of the Second World War . He volunteered to serve as a submariner in 1941, and trained on, and. He was commissioned in the Royal Navy, becoming a Lieutenant in January 1942, and promoted First Lieutenant of in May 1943 . In February 1944, Sumption and his captain, Lieutenant Commander Peter Newstead, were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "outstanding courage, skill and undaunted devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M. Submarine Trident ". From August 1944 to June 1945, he commanded. He served as Flag Lieutenant to Vice Admiral Victor Crutchley , Flag Officer Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches, for six months until he was demobilised in 1946 and returned again to his studies. He remained an officer in the RNVR , and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1950. He was awarded the Volunteer Reserve Decoration in 1953 and finally retired from naval service in 1955.Legal career Sumption qualified as a solicitor in 1946, building a small commercial and banking law practice and eventually specialising in the highly lucrative area of tax law . By 1964, he had become bored with being a solicitor and decided to become a barrister , In addition to his advocacy work, he wrote books on tax law, and spent five years as a part-time judge , before retiring in 1986.Other activities Sumption and Humphry Berkeley jointly established a small merchant bank , Sumption Berkeley, in the 1960s. He was also the chairman of two publicly listed companies: Great Swan Investments and Allied Investments . Sumption sold his interest in the bank in 1971. He was involved in politics in the 1950s and 1950s, serving as a Conservative member of London County Council , representing Fulham East from 1949 to 1952, and of Westminster City Council from 1953 to 1956. He stood for Parliament at the Hayes and Harlington by-election in 1953 , losing to the Labour candidate Arthur Skeffington , and for Middlesbrough West in the 1964 general election but was defeated by the Labour incumbent, Jeremy Bray . He was chairman of the Conservative Political Centre .Private life Sumption married Hilda Hedigan in 1946. They met in Gibraltar, where she was serving with the Women's Royal Naval Service . Their marriage was dissolved in 1979. He moved to the South of France after he retired, living at La Croix-Valmer near Saint-Tropez , where he enjoyed boating and painting. He returned to London in 2001. Among many close friends were William Rees-Mogg and Humphry Berkeley who were godparents to two of his children. He was survived by two sons and two daughters . His elder son, Jonathan Sumption , upon appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2012 became Lord Sumption .Decorations – Distinguished Service Cross – Volunteer Reserve DecorationPublications Lawton, John Phillip & Sumption, Anthony. Tax and Tax Planning . London: Oyez Sumption, Anthony. Taxation of Overseas Incomes and Gains . London: Butterworth. Sumption, Anthony & Clarke, Giles. Capital Gains Tax . London: Butterworths Tolley Ltd.
Popular articles Javier Milei - Argentine libertarian economist, author, radio conductor and public speaker sympathetic to the Austrian School of economic thought. He became widely known for his regular ...Jimmy Carter - American politician, philanthropist, and former farmer who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previ...UEFA Euro 2024 - The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 or simply Euro 2024 , will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial internationa...Argentina - country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also b...Sam Altman - American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the former president of Y Combinator and now the CEO of OpenAI. Early life and education. ...Rosalynn Carter - American who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades, she has been a leading advocate for numerou...Next Argentine presidential election - Next Argentine presidential election - presidential election in Argentina....Popular movies The Hunger Games (film) - 2012 American dystopian action thriller science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first insta...untitled Captain Marvel sequel - part of Marvel Cinematic Universe....Killers of the Flower Moon (film project) - Killers of the Flower Moon - film project in United States of America. It was presented as drama, detective fiction, thriller. The film project starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert De Niro. Director of...Five Nights at Freddy's (film) - Five Nights at Freddy's - film published in 2017 in United States of America. Scenarist of the film - Scott Cawthon....Popular video games Minecraft - sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios. Created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language and released as a public alpha for personal computers in 2...Grand Theft Auto V - 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since 2008's Grand Theft ...Roblox - online game platform and game creation system that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in...Baldur's Gate III - upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios for Microsoft Windows and the Stadia streaming service. It is the third main game in the Baldur's ...Alan Wake - action-adventure video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios, released for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The story follows best-selling thri...Fortnite - online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: ...Super Mario RPG - is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It was directed by Yoshihiko Maekawa and Chihiro Fujioka and produced by...Popular books Book of Revelation - The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apok...Book of Genesis - account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors and the origins...Gospel of Matthew - The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on ...Michelin Guide - Michelin Guides are a series of guide books published by the French tyre company Michelin for more than a century. The term normally refers to the annually published Michelin Red Guide , the oldest...Psalms - The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms , the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim , the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of th...Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes is one of 24 books of the Tanakh , where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim . Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom literature of the Old Tes...The 48 Laws of Power - non-fiction book by American author Robert Greene. The book...Popular television series The Crown (TV series) - historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Tel...Friends - American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast sta...Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...
OWIKI.org . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.