Paul Hayter
{{Short description|British public servant and clerk of the Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Sir Paul Hayter
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|LVO|size=100%}}
| image = Sir Paul Hayter.jpg
| office = Clerk of the Parliaments
| term_start = 14 July 2003
| term_end = 3 November 2007
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| predecessor = Michael Davies
| successor = Michael Pownall
| birth_name = Paul David Grenville Hayter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|4|df=y}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Deborah Maude|1973}}
| children = 3
| relatives = Angus Maude (father-in-law)
| alma_mater = Eton College
Christ Church, Oxford
}}
Sir Paul David Grenville Hayter {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|LVO}} (born 4 November 1942){{Cite book|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-19602|url-access=subscription|title=Hayter, Sir Paul (David Grenville)|last=A & C Black|series=Who's Who|date=1 December 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19602|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|edition=online|access-date=20 November 2021}}[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/15202/Paul%20David%20Grenvil+le%20HAYTER.aspx Debrett's People of Today] 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.
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, 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.[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200203/minutes/030714/ldminute.htm House of Lords Minutes and Order Paper 14 July 2003]{{Cite web|title=Crown Office|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-57004-1006|access-date=2021-11-20|website=thegazette.co.uk}}
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6757841.stm BBC News 16 June 2007] On 20 March 2007, Hayter announced that he would retire as Clerk of the Parliaments on 3 November 2007.{{citation|title=House of Lords Journal Volume 240: 20 March 2007|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldjournal/240/062.htm#1|access-date=20 November 2021}} He was succeeded by Michael Pownall on 4 November 2007 (a day after Hayter's retirement).{{Cite web|title=Crown Office|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-58508-389139|access-date=2021-11-20|website=thegazette.co.uk}}
In 1973 he married Deborah Maude, daughter of Angus Maude, and has three children, William, Giles and Arabella.
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Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath