Harold Gillett
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett, 1st Baronet, MC, FCA (27 November 1890 – 21 September 1976) was Lord Mayor of London.
He was a chartered accountant. He was elected Sheriff of the City of London for 1952 and 631st Lord Mayor of London in 1958.
Awarded the Military Cross on 14 January 1916,[1] Gillett was knighted on 12 June 1953.[2]
He was president of the Baden-Powell House building committee of The Scout Association from 1953 until the building was finished in 1961. As a tribute to his contributions, the Scout Association has created a Sir Harold Gillett Memorial Fund to help pay the expenses of special needs Scouts and members in need to visit London and stay at the Baden-Powell House hostel. He was a member of the Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders, from 1965 until his death in 1976
Gillett was created a baronet, of Bassishaw Ward in the City of London, on 4 December 1959.[3] He died in September 1976, aged 85, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Robin.
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References
- ^ "No. 29454". The London Gazette. 28 January 1916. p. 1142.
- ^ "No. 39886". The London Gazette. 12 June 1953. p. 3273.
- ^ "No. 41889". The London Gazette. 8 December 1959. p. 7781.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets