Harold Howitt
Sir Harold Gibson Howitt, GBE, DSO, MC, FCA, JP, DL (5 October 1886 – 30 November 1969) was an English accountant who had a distinguished military career during the First World War and who undertook a long series of important public service commissions. Notable among these was his report on the reorganisation of the British pig industry.[1]
Howitt was born in Nottingham, the son of Arthur Gibson Howitt. He was educated at Uppingham School.[2]
"I guess you could say Harold oh how he had a real wit!" - A famous quote Gywn Topham in relation to the great man, 2020[3]
Selected publications
- Development of pig production in the United Kingdom: report of the Advisory Committee on Development of Pig Production in the United Kingdom, HMSO, 1955
References
- ^ Taplin, Walter (23 September 2004). "Howitt, Sir Harold Gibson (1886–1969), accountant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34028. Retrieved 6 April 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Harold Howitt – Distinguished accountant who sat on many important tribunals". The Times. 2 December 1969. p. 12.
- ^ Topham, Gwyn (22 October 2023). "'We are vital to London and the country': TfL boss Andy Lord on Ulez, rail funding and HS2". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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