Anthony Miles 1944-2023

Anthony Warren Miles passed away on 16 March 2023 at home in San Francisco, California. He was born in Wimbledon and spent his early years in Derbyshire, after which his family moved to Sevenoaks.

Anthony attended Sevenoaks Prep, then Sevenoaks School from 1957 to 1962, where he became Head Boy under Headmaster LC (Kim) Taylor, supporting the school as a benefactor in later years. He went on to Clare College, Cambridge where he obtained his undergraduate degree in English and served as College President. After Cambridge he attended Yale University on a Mellon Fellowship, where he earned an MA in American Studies and met and married his wife, Landra. After two years back in Europe, Anthony returned to the United States to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Anthony worked for 29 years at the Boston Consulting Group, first in Boston, then in California. From 1970 he and his wife lived in San Francisco and at Lake Tahoe. On retirement, he joined the boards of the San Francisco Symphony, St. Luke’s Hospital, Presidio Golf Club, California Pacific Medical Center, and the Brotherton Fund.

Anthony is survived by his wife of 55 years, Landra, his two sons Marcus and Aidan and his beloved granddaughters, Adabel and Elora, and by his brother John Miles and his sister Penelope Goulden, both living in Kent.

John Miles (OS 1970)