William Thomas Baring Hayter (30 August 1858 – 21 August 1935) was an

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priest and teacher in the 20th century.

Early life and education

Hayter was the third son of Harrison Hayter and his wife Eliza Jane Walker. He was educated at Summer Fields School,

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and

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Career

After ordination Hayter held curacies at Icklesham (Sussex) and

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. He became vicar of

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in 1888 and remained there until 1900 when he became vicar of Horsley, Yorkshire. He became vicar of

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in 1904, and then of

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and of

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in 1912.

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar

In 1913, he became Dean of

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, where he stayed until 1920. Returning to England in 1921, he became vicar of

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, Surrey, and in 1926 also became Rural Dean of Dorking. Charterhouse, EC1 - geograph

In 1927, he was appointed Master of the Charterhouse (the London

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associated with his old school), and Chaplain of the

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. He retired to

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, where he died at the age of 77.

Personal life

Hayter married Maud Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas Proctor Beauchamp of Langley Park, Norfolk in 1889.the Peerage.com
/ref> They had three daughters, of whom the eldest, Dorothea, married the Italian sculptor Romano Romanelli. Hayter's sister Frances married Falconer Madan (1851–1935), Librarian of the

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of Oxford University.

References

() 1858 births People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Deans of Gibraltar Schoolteachers from Oxfordshire 1935 deaths {{Gibraltar-bio-stub