Sir Maurice Henry Weston Hayward (2 June 1868 – 31 August 1964) was a British colonial administrator who was the Acting governor of
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
during the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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from 8 December 1923 to 10 December 1923.
Hayward was the son of Rev.
Robert Baldwin Hayward. He was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
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and at
St John's College, Cambridge
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He was knighted in the
1923 Birthday Honours and appointed a Knight Commander of the
Order of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:
# Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
# Knight Commander ( KCSI)
# Companion ( CSI)
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(KCSI) in the
1923 Birthday Honours.
References
Governors of Bombay
1868 births
1964 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
British people in colonial India
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