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

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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) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and at

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. He was knighted in the 1923 Birthday Honours and appointed a Knight Commander of the

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(KCSI) in the 1923 Birthday Honours.

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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 {{UK-gov-bio-stub