Anthony Inglis was born into a Royal Air Force family. His father, Squadron-leader Jeremy Howard-Williams, was a WW2 night fighter pilot in 604 squadron flying Blenheims and Mosquitos, and as Flight Commander of Fighter Command's FIU (Fighter Interception Unit) a key figure in the early experiments of airborne radar (Night Intruder published by David Charles).  His uncle, Wing-Commander Peter Howard-Williams, was one of "The Few" having fought in The Battle of Britain in 19 Squadron, flyng Spitfires from Duxford: (after the BOB and when in 118 Squadron at Ibsley, he was one of the real pilots featured in the David Niven/Leslie Howard 1942 film The First of The Few shot on the aerodrome, for which William Walton specially composed his Spitfire Prelude and Fugue...the Prelude is heard on the Home Page, performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anthony Inglis).  His maternal grandfather was Air-Vice-Marshal F.F.Inglis, Head of RAF Intelligence, and as such on Hitler's hit list for after the war.  His paternal grandfather was Air Commodore Bill Howard-Williams MC.  Having been a Major in the Royal Flying Corps before the existence of the RAF, he was one of the first to join the fledgling new service, and there is currently hanging on the wall behind the desk of the commanding officer of 25 Squadron, a painting of him leading a group of Sopwith Snipes attacking a dummy airfield at the Hendon Air Show on 24th June 1922.   He was the first person to fly across Africa, and there is an amazing story (told by him on tape) of how he went up as a passenger in a new (open-air) aircraft and the pilot inverted the aircraft to try and clear a blocked fuel line.  Bill's seat straps were not tight enough, and he fell out!!!  Unbelievably, he was over the Suez Canal and therefore fell into the water!  When he surfaced he was unerneath the wreckage of the aircraft and therefore survived the loss of the machine.  He was more fortunate than the pilot who had stayed with the aircraft and didn't.  Air Marshall Sir Victor Goddard was a great-uncle by marriage and in some quarters the man credited with the idea of sending the little ships over to Dunkirk to rescue the British forces stranded on the beaches in 1940.  Group Captain Peter Helmore, tragically killed in the Bay of Biscay while taking his boat out to Malta, flew Canberras and was an uncle by marriage.

He went to school at Hordle House in Milford-on-Sea and on a music scholarship to Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He studied piano and conducting at The Royal College of Music in London (having first mastered some of the intricacies of the violin and bassoon) where he won a number of prizes including the Ricordi conducting prize and the Sir Adrian Boult Scholarship three times. His teachers for conducting were Harvey Philips and Vernon Handley. He also prepared orchestras for Sir Colin Davis, Sir Adrian Boult and Bernard Haitink, and interviewed Leopold Stokowksi for American TV.

Upon leaving The College, he earned his living, and learned his craft, by conducting West End Shows. These included "Irene" with Jon Pertwee at The Adelphi; "My Fair Lady" with Dame Anna Neagle and Tony Britton at The Adelphi; "Oliver!" with Ron Moody, Jimmy Edwards and Roy Hudd; "Cinderella" with Paul Nicholas and Dame Anna Neagle at the London Palladium; and also at the London Palladium " The Two Ronnies" with Messrs Barker and Corbett. He spent 6 months in Australia in 1979 with the Two Ronnies and their stage show.  The first of what would turn out to be many visits to this most wonderful of countries.  During his time in The West End he also worked on a number of films; these included Lisztomania and Mahler for Ken Russell. Interestingly while at The College, he and several friends were recruited to dub the singing voices of a group of revellers in a pub.  The film became the cult film The Wicker Man and his voice is the high tenor that can be heard soaring above everyone else!  Fortunately he was supposed to sound as though he had had one too many!  In the 1980s he made a conscious decision to leave the West End and concentrate on his classical career, shortly after conducting all three Tchaikovsky ballet scores for Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. He made videos with The Philharmonia Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall and the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Concertgebouw. Television appearances with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, and guest conducting British and some European orchestras followed. Thereafter his career flourished. Concerts and broadcasts in Europe, The Far East and Australia have all added to the international reputation of this most dynamic of conductors. As have four Royal concerts in the UK. One was in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall in celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Battle of Britain; another, at the beginning of 2004 and also in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, again with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plus the Royal Choral Society, Lesley Garrett and Heather Small, for the naming ceremony of the then world's largest liner the Queen Mary 2; a dance gala in the presence of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, with members of The Royal Ballet including Sylvie Guillem and The Royal Ballet Sinfonia at Her Majesty's Theatre; and the fourth was a concert in aid of farmers in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall.  A fifth was added when Cunard named the latest addition to their fleet, the 90,000 ton Queen Victoria.  The naming was performed by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall accompanied by HRH The Prince of Wales.  On this occasion the London Philharmonic and Westminster Cathedral Choir were engaged.

He has given a number of world premieres.  These include his commissioning from the original composers of the symphonic suites to Miss Saigon (Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra), Les Miserables (Les Miserables Symphonic Suite) and Phantom of The Opera (Phantom Fantasia).  He has just given the world premiere of the new Phantom Phantasia with Julian Lloyd Webber and Lucia Micarelli at the Izmir Festival, and interestingly a few years ago, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Evening Echo ran a competition amongst local composers for a short piece of music to be played at a concert which he conducted at the concert.

In recent years he must be one of the few conductors to regularly conduct every major British regional independant orchestra (CBSO, Halle, BSO, RSNO, Ulster, RLPO) each year, and also be one of the busiest. For instance between the beginning of October and end of December 2006 he had 60 concerts; and they weren't just in the UK!  These concerts were in Australia and Japan as well as the UK.

Perhaps out of all the journeys he has done, one is worth a special mention.  On 30th September 2005, he performed an evening concert with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in City Hall, Hong Kong and immediately afterwards caught the midnight BA flight straight to Heathrow, where he had a taxi meet him.  But not to take him home!  It was there to drop off some clean clothes which his wife had given the taxi driver and to take his excess luggage home.   He was changing planes to fly to Germany for Europe's biggest TV show "Wetten Das" with an average audience of 15 million.  Unfortunately there was no direct flight that would get him to Leipzig in Germany in time, and he had to change planes at Frankfurt.  He arrived at the German TV studio on 1st October to find the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ready for him and rehearsals, with a live performance that evening. In his words, he wasn't sure what planet he was on, let alone continent!  However, he had enough adrenalin flowing through him, despite travelling for 24 hours, to not only conduct the performance, but to go to the party afterwards, attended by some of the stars on the show. They included: Monserrat Caballe, Simply Red, Catherine Zeta Jones and Antonio Banderas. He stayed until 2am, though was unsure whether that was Hong Kong or European time!!

He lives by the River Thames in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey with his wife Jan, and their three children Eleanor, Dominic and Alexander