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.

Coat of arms of Harold Gillett
Crest
A grey horse's head and neck erased Proper gorged with a coronet composed of six fleur-de-lys affixed to a circlet and chained Or.
Escutcheon
In front of a ship's helm Proper an early nineteenth century waistcoat Azure semée de lys and puffled Or on a chief of the second between two estoiles a balance of the first.
Motto
Vincit Omnia Veritas (Truth Conquers All Things)[4]

References
  1. "No. 29454". The London Gazette. 28 January 1916. p. 1142.
  2. "No. 39886". The London Gazette. 12 June 1953. p. 3273.
  3. "No. 41889". The London Gazette. 8 December 1959. p. 7781.
  4. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

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