Harold Gillett

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Sir (Sydney) Harold Gillett, 1st Baronet, MC, FCA (1890–1976) was a chartered accountant. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1958.

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