Sir Harold Gibson Howitt, (5 October 1886 – 30 November 1969) was an English accountant who had a distinguished military career during the

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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. Howitt was born in

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, the son of Arthur Gibson Howitt. He was educated at

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howitt, Harold 1886 births 1969 deaths English accountants Knights Bachelor Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Military Cross English justices of the peace Deputy Lieutenants in England People educated at Uppingham School Green Howards officers 20th-century English businesspeople