Hector Hawton (7 February 1901 – 14 December 1975) was a British humanist, novelist and rationalist writer.
[3] He was managing director of the Rationalist Press Association (1952–1971) and editor for The Humanist.
He wrote the introduction to the 1967 reprint of J. M. Robertson's book Pagan Christs.
[3] Hawton authored many novels, including science fiction.
Some of these were published under the pseudonyms Jack Lethaby or John Sylvester.