Sir Paul David Grenville Hayter
KCB LVO (born 4 November 1942)
is a British public servant and was
Clerk of the Parliaments from 2003 to 2007.
Early life and education
Hayter is the eldest son of Michael Hayter and his wife Patricia Schofield and has four siblings. He is the great-great-grandson of
Harrison Hayter.
He was educated at
Eton College (where he was a
King's Scholar) and
Christ Church, Oxford
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.
Career
He became a Clerk in the
House of Lords in 1964. From 1974 to 1977 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office as Private Secretary to the
Leader of the House of Lords and the Government Chief Whip, serving two Leaders,
Lord Shepherd (1974-1976) and
Lord Peart (from 1976), and one
Chief Whip
The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes.
United Kingdom
...
,
Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe. From 1977 to 1991, in addition to his work in the House of Lords, he served as Secretary of the Association of
Lord-Lieutenants, and in 1992 he was created a
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. He was Reading Clerk from 1991 to 1997, and Clerk Assistant from 1997 to 2003.
In July 2003 he was appointed
Clerk of the Parliaments.
He was appointed a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007. On 20 March 2007, Hayter announced that he would retire as Clerk of the Parliaments on 3 November 2007. He was succeeded by
Michael Pownall
Sir Michael Graham Pownall, (born 11 October 1949) is a retired British public servant. From 2007 to 2011, he was Clerk of the Parliaments in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Early life and education
Pownall was born on 11 October 1949. ...
on 4 November 2007 (a day after Hayter's retirement).
In 1973 he married Deborah Maude, daughter of
Angus Maude, and has three children, William, Giles and Arabella.
References
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1942 births
Living people
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
People educated at Eton College
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
Clerks of the Parliaments