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 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)
19591976
Succeeded by
Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett

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