William George Howard Gritten

William George Howard Gritten FRGS (7 February 1870 – 5 April 1943), also known as W. G. Howard Gritten, was a barrister and writer, and a British Conservative politician, who was elected a Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools in 1918, until 1923, and re-elected in 1929 until his death in 1943.

Born in Westminster, London, on 7 Feb 1870, Gritten was the only son of William Gritten (an architect) and his wife Annie Howard (d.1907). In 1918, he married Helena Blanche Paget, the daughter of the late Commander Webb, R.N. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, won the Donald E. Bridgman Essay Prize, and graduated with honours in Literae Humaniores.