Sir Anthony Cleaver
It is with great sadness to report that Sir Anthony passed away peacefully on Sunday, 13th July 2025, aged 87.
Sir Anthony kindly became the Patron of the Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne, in 2017. We were delighted that he accepted this role within HRGS. In that role, he had lent his support to our research areas and be a figurehead to the group.
Following National Service, Sir Anthony read Greats (Latin, Greek, Ancient History and Philosophy) at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1962, he joined IBM as a trainee instructor, rising to be Chairman and Chief Executive of IBM (UK). He then chaired a range of organisations including the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Medical Research Council, various companies and Birkbeck College and the Royal College of Music.
As Chairman of Engineering UK, he became the driving force behind the founding of the country’s ‘Big Bang Fair’ which was first run in 2009 and by 2015 had become one of Europe’s largest science, engineering and technology fairs for young people.