Sir Anthony Nathaniel Stainton, KCB, QC (8 January 1913 – 7 November 1988) was a British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman.
During World War II he served in the Mediterranean with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers achieving the rank of Captain.
In 1943, he was called back from war service by the First Parliamentary Counsel who requested extra draftsmen for his office to deal with wartime legislation.
[1][2] During his time as a draftsman, he worked on many of the important fiscal acts of the post-war decades, skilfully dealing with the complexities of capital gains tax legislation; The Times described him as a "meticulous draftsman".
[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1967 Birthday Honours and promoted to Knight Commander in 1974; the following year he took silk and in 1984 became an honorary bencher of Lincoln's Inn.