Cecil Rolph ("Bill") Hewitt (1901–1994) was a police officer, journalist, editor, and writer.
He then left the force and became a journalist, writing on issues such as censorship and capital punishment.
Rolph he was a founding member of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, of which he served as Chairman in the 1960s.
He was on the editorial staff of the New Statesman (1947–1970), where he "acquired an outstanding reputation as one of the foremost commentators in the country on legal and social matters".
[1] He also contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Chambers Encyclopedia, Punch, The Week-End Book, The New Law Journal, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Author.