Sir Paul David Grenville Hayter (born 4 November 1942) is a British public servant and was

Clerk of the Parliaments The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position has existed since at least 1315, and duties include preparing the minutes of Lords proceedings, advising on proper parli ...

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 Harrison Hayter (10 April 1825 – 5 May 1898) was a British engineer, participating in many significant railway construction projects in Britain and many harbour and dock constructions worldwide. Biography Hayter was born at Flushing ne ...

. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

(where he was a

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) and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

Career

He became a Clerk in the

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in 1964. From 1974 to 1977 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office as Private Secretary to the

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and the Government Chief Whip, serving two Leaders, Lord Shepherd (1974-1976) and Lord Peart (from 1976), and one

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, 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

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. He was Reading Clerk from 1991 to 1997, and Clerk Assistant from 1997 to 2003. In July 2003 he was appointed

. He was appointed a

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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 Angus Edmund Upton Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon, (8 September 1912 – 9 November 1993) was an English Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 to 1958 and from 1963 to 1983, he served as a cabinet min ...

, and has three children, William, Giles and Arabella.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayter, Paul David Grenville 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