Alastair Hanton

Alastair Hanton OBE
Born(1926-10-10)10 October 1926[1][2]
Died26 May 2021(2021-05-26) (aged 94)[1][2]
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge[1][2]
Occupation(s)Civil servant, banker, social entrepreneur, transport campaigner
OrganizationGirobank[1][2][3][4]
Known forInventor of direct debit.[1][2][5][3][4][6]
SpouseMargaret Lumsden[1][2]
Children3
Websitehttps://hanton.co.uk/

Alastair Kydd Hanton OBE (10 October 1926 – 26 May 2021) was a British banker, transport campaigner, and social entrepreneur who invented the direct debit system in 1964.

Hanton was awarded an OBE in the 1986 New Year Honours on his retirement as deputy managing director of National Girobank.

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