Louis Theobald Dillon FitzGibbon (6 January 1925 - 31 January 2003) was a British naval officer, businessman and writer who was renowned for championing the plight of the Somali and Polish people. FitzGibbon served as the General Secretary of the British Council for Aid to Refugees and most notably is credited with forcing the Russian government to admit to the 1940 Katyn Massacre in Poland.
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Early life
Louis FitzGibbon was born in London on 6 January 1925. He was the son of Commander Francis Lee-Dillon FitzGibbon, a distinguished naval officer. Constantine FitzGibbon, a noted author, stands as his paternal half-sibling. FitzGibbon's formative educational years were spent at St. Augustine's Abbey School located in Ramsgate. From there he pursued a career in the British Navy at 13 years old, enrolling in the esteemed Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth during 1938.