Harold Gillett

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Sir (Sydney) Harold Gillett, 1st Baronet, MC, FCA (27 November 1890–21 September 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

Gillett was created a Baronet, of Bassishaw Ward in the City of London, in 1959. He died in September 1976, aged 85, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Robin.


Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation		 Baronet
(of Bassishaw Ward)
1959–1976		 Succeeded by
Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett

[edit] References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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