William Fittall

Sir William Robert Fittall (26 July 1953 – 10 March 2022) was a British civil servant and Anglican lay reader. From 2002 to 2015, he served as the secretary-general of the Archbishops' Council and the General Synod of the Church of England. He had previously worked as a civil servant in the Home Office, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Cabinet Office. Fittall died on 10 March 2022, at the age of 68.

Early life and education Fittall was born on 26 July 1953. He was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys, a state grammar school in Dover, Kent. He later studied at the École nationale d'administration in Paris from 1980 to 1981. At the time of his death, he was a lay reader in the benefice of St Stephen Lympne and St Peter & St Paul, Saltwood, in the Diocese of Canterbury.

Honours In the 2016 New Year Honours List, Fittall was made a Knight Bachelor "for services to the Church of England". In June 2017, he was awarded the Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury "for his outstanding and sustained contribution to the Church of England and to the Archbishops' Council in particular".