Architect, noted for his work in India. Born in Blair Atholl (Perth & Kinross), was articled to A. G. Heiton in Perth and then served as assistant to J. M. Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne in Edinburgh between 1898 and 1902, before moving to York. He then became assistant to John Begg (1866 - 1937) in Bombay, having been interviewed by Begg on a platform in York Railway Station. His buildings in Bombay include Princes Dock Customs House (1904), Prince of Wales Museum of Western India (1908, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya), the Institute of Science (1924) and the King Edward Memorial Hospital (1926), together with the Agricultural College (1911) and Central Government Offices (1926) in Pune. Wittet was also responsible for the monumental Gateway to India, built 1913-24 to commemorate the landing of King George V, the first British monarch to visit India, who had come for his coronation as Emperor of India in 1911. He also worked for the Tata Company, designing their headquarters, Bombay House, in 1924.
He succumbed to dysentery in Bombay at the age of just 48, and lies buried in the Sewri Cemetery there.
