Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC (30 November 1888 at Camberley, Surrey – 11 March 1965 at Fulwood, Sheffield) was an English cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957. His Wisden obituary described him as \"among the best known personalities in the world of cricket\". He died of a heart attack just after he had given an address to a cricket society. Altham was educated at Repton School and Oxford University and served in the British Army during World War I as a Major with the 60th Rifles. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Military Cross (MC), and was mentioned in dispatches on three occasions. He was a schoolmaster and a cricket coach at Winchester College, a position that he held for thirty years, and was also the housemaster of Chernocke