19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (1923–2007) was Philip Hewat-Jaboor's uncle. A decorated soldier in the Second World War, he won the Military Cross for gallantry, but his elegance and charm pushed him into the world of high fashion, becoming a Director of Hardy Amies Ltd., in 1960, where he worked for the next twenty years. He bought Buckland Newton Place in Dorset in the early 1970s and entertained on a grand scale. scale. After his death in 2007, his collection was sold at Duke's, Dorchester, 11 December 2007, from where Philip acquired various pieces throughout this catalogue.