Colonel Sir Frederick Austin Neill, CBE, DSO, TD, JP, DL (11 November 1891 – 11 August 1967) was an English businessman, public administrator, local politician and soldier.
He had joined the 49th West Riding Divisional Engineers in 1913, serving with them in France from 1915 to 1918 and earning the Distinguished Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre in the process.
He served as Master Cutler of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire for the year 1937 to 1938, and was President of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce from 1946 to 1948; he was also heavily involved with a range of industry associations, including the National Federation of Engineers' Tools Manufacturers and the regional council of the Federation of British Industries.
Outside of business, Neill became a Deputy Lieutenant for West Riding in 1939 and a Sheffield magistrate in 1942; he was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1955 and then seven years later he was appointed the first High Sheriff of Hallamshire.
He died on 11 August 1967, aged 75, at his home Whinfell House, Whirlow, Sheffield;[2] he was survived by his wife, Winifred Margaret, daughter of Robert Colver, JP, of Rockmount in Ranmoor; they had a son, Hugh, and three daughters.