Cuthbert Whitaker
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Sir Cuthbert Wilfred Whitaker (26 May 1873[1] – 1950) was editor of Whitaker's Almanack . He held the position for fifty-five years, succeeding his father Joseph Whitaker when he died in 1895, and was in turn succeeded by a nephew on his death.[citation needed ]
He was Chairman of the City of London Food Control Committee during the Second World War, and was knighted in 1946 for services to the City of London Corporation.
Whitaker was a Councilman for the ward of Farringdon Within from 1905. In 1944 he led the initiative to found the Guildhall Historical Association on 16 June 1944.
References
[edit ]- ^ Who's Who in local government, 1935
- F. A. Marteau, ed., Who's who in press, publicity, printing, 1939
- News Chronicle obituary clipping, 1950.
