Tony Hart

Tony Hart (11 September 1923 – 13 June 2009) was a British businessman and Conservative leader of Kent County Council between 1984 and 1992. During his leadership of Kent County Council, Hart negotiated and oversaw the development of the Channel Tunnel, the High Speed Rail Link and the Dartford Bridge.

Early life Anthony Harry Hart was born on 11 September 1923 in Portsmouth.

During World War II he served with the Parachute Regiment in India and Burma before leaving as an acting major. a charity to help constituents of Kent who had a business idea but lacked the financial or professional support to bring it to effect.

Personal life Hart was interested in fly-fishing, walking and sailing. He met his wife, Wendy English, on a skiing holiday in Kandersteg, Switzerland, in February 1955, and 'told her three days later that he intended to marry her'; they were married ten months later. He died in Kent on 13 June 2009 and his wife and daughter survived him; a son died in 2008.