Maurice Hayward

{{Short description|British colonial administrator (1868-1964)}}

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Sir Maurice Henry Weston Hayward {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (2 June 1868 – 31 August 1964) was a British colonial administrator who was the Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 8 December 1923 to 10 December 1923.{{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}

Hayward was the son of Rev. Robert Baldwin Hayward. He was educated at Harrow School and at St John's College, Cambridge.{{cite book |last1=Mair |first1=Robert Henry |title=Debrett's House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench |date=1921 |publisher=Dean & Son, Limited. |page=441 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mw6AQAAMAAJ |access-date=3 February 2021 |language=en}}

He was knighted in the 1923 Birthday Honours{{London Gazette |date=30 October 1923 |issue= 32875| page=7300 |supp=}} and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the 1923 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |date=2 June 1925|issue= 33053| page=3770 |supp=y}}