Anthony Michael "Tony" Whittaker (4 May 1932 – 1 April 2016) was a British solicitor and politician, best known as the co-founder and first leader of PEOPLE, forerunner of the Green Party.
He completed National Service with the Royal Air Force, then worked as a solicitor in Kenilworth, where he joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the local council.
The following year, Lesley accessed a write up in Playboy of "a candid conversation with the outspoken population biologist" Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
Inspired by the content of this interview, Tony, Lesley, and their friends Michael Benfield and Freda Sanders, organised a meeting which founded PEOPLE.
[4] In later years, Whittaker became manager of the post office in Hennock, and spent his spare time sailing his yacht and developing computer programmes.