Anthony James Chadwick Sumption DSC VRD (15 May 1919 – 8 January 2008) was a British tax lawyer and Royal Navy submarine commander during the Second World War.
[2] He was educated at Cheltenham College, where he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
[1][3] 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.
[3] 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.
[1] By 1964, he had become bored with being a solicitor and decided to become a barrister,[1] 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.
[1][3] He moved to the South of France after he retired, living at La Croix-Valmer near Saint-Tropez, where he enjoyed boating and painting.