Harold Howitt

Sir Harold Gibson Howitt, GBE, DSO, MC, FCA, JP, DL (5 October 1886 – 30 November 1969) was an English accountant who had a distinguished military career during the First World War 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.^[1]

Air Council in session WWII IWM CH 966

Howitt was born in Nottingham, the son of Arthur Gibson Howitt. He was educated at Uppingham School.^[2]

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

The main conclusions of the "Howitt Report" were that UK pig farmers should focus on three main breeds: the Welsh pig, British Landrace and the Large White pig in order to compete with European pig farmers.

References

1. Taplin, Walter (23 September 2004). "Howitt, Sir Harold Gibson (1886–1969), accountant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34028. Retrieved 6 April 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. "Obituary: Sir Harold Howitt – Distinguished accountant who sat on many important tribunals". The Times. 2 December 1969. p. 12.