Frederick Harcourt Kitchin, (c. 1867–1932) was a British journalist, statistician and author.
Kitchin was the publisher of The Times Financial and Commercial Supplement from 1904 to 1908 and was an internationally recognised statistician in the field of nutrition.
In 1918, Kitchin edited the Board of Trade Journal and in 1925, he co-wrote the autobiography of managing director of The Times, Charles Frederic Moberly Bell: Moberly Bell and his Times.
Under the pseudonym of Bennet Copplestone, he wrote a number of adventures including The Lost Naval Papers (1917), The Last of the Grenvilles (1919), Madame Gilbert's Cannibal (1920), The Treasure of Golden Cap (1922) and Dead Men's Tales (1926) Kitchin set many of his stories in and around North Devon, Lundy Island and the Dorset town of Bridport.
[1] The family of Sir Richard Grenville features heavily in his writing.