Sir Claude James Hayes (23 March 1912 – 20 November 1996) was a British civil servant who was Chairman of Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations from 1968 to 1974. He was educated at

Ardingly College Ardingly College () is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day school in the English Public school (UK), public school tradition located near Ardingly, West Sussex, England. The school ...

, graduated with a first class degree from

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (also known as The Hall and Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university" and was the las ...

. He held a fellowship at the Sorbonne and was briefly a tutor at

New College, Oxford New College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first col ...

. He was made KCMG in 1974, having been made CMG in 1969.

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1912 births 1996 deaths Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford British civil servants Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Ardingly College Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George {{England-bio-stub