Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham

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Arthur Divett Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham PC ( August 9, 1835 - May 10, 1917 ) was a British Liberal Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons from 1865 to 1868, 1873 to 1885, 1893 to 1895 and 1900 to 1906 ( House of Commons ) was. Between 1880 and 1882 he held the office of Lord in the Treasury ( Lord of the Treasury ) and then from 1882 to 1885 as Financial Secretary to the War Office . In 1906 he was raised as Baron Haversham to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom and as such was a member of the House of Lords until his death in 1917 .

Life

Hayter was the son of the politician William Goodenough Hayter , who from 1837 to 1865 was also a member of the House of Commons and temporarily Finance Secretary and Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury, and in 1858 he became 1st Baronet , of South Hill Park, in the County of Berkshire of the Baronetage of the United Kingdom was raised, and his wife Anne Pulsford. His older sister, Mary Pulsford Hayter, was married to Lieutenant General William Rickman. He began by attending the prestigious Eton College to study at Brasenose College of the University of Oxford , which he in 1857 with a Bachelor of Arts graduated (BA). In addition, he was an officer in the Guards Grenadier Guards and was on 14 November 1856 Lieutenant ( Lieutenant ), and most recently on 28 December 1860 Hauptmann ( Captain ) of this regiment. At the same time he completed further studies at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford, which he completed with a Master of Arts (MA).

After his father left the House of Commons, Hayter became a member of the House of Commons on July 11, 1865 and initially represented the Wells constituency for the Liberal Party until November 17, 1868 . At the same time he was on February 23, 1867 Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of the county of Berkshire .

On October 9, 1873, after the death of Donald Dalrymple on September 19, 1873, Hayter was again a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Bath there until November 24, 1885 . After the death of his father on December 26, 1878, he inherited the latter's title of 2nd baronet. In May 1880 he became Lord of the Treasury and as such was the closest collaborator of William Ewart Gladstone until 1882 , who at that time was not only Prime Minister but also Chancellor of the Exchequer , First Lord of the Treasury and Lord High Treasurer . He then served as the Financial Secretary to the War Office between 1882 and 1885 , making him one of the closest collaborators to War Secretary Spencer Compton Cavendish .

After the election of Frank James was declared null and void, Hayter became a member of the House of Commons again on February 9, 1893, this time representing the constituency of Walsall until July 13, 1895 . During this time he was first appointed a member of the Privy Council (PC) on January 24, 1901 . On October 1, 1900 he was again a member of the lower house and until January 31, 1906 again represented the constituency of Walsall . During this time he was reappointed a member of the Privy Council on January 24, 1901.

Shortly before his departure from the House of Commons, Hayter was raised to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom by a letters patent dated January 11, 1906 as Baron Haversham , of Bracknell, in the County of Berkshire, and as such belonged to his death on May 10, 1917 the House of Lords as a member.

Hayter was married to Henrietta Hope, whose father Adrian John Hope was captain of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards , since November 7, 1866 . Since he died without descendants, his titles of nobility expired upon his death.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 21940, HMSO, London, November 14, 1856, p. 3694 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 22464, HMSO, London, December 28, 1860, p. 5233 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 23228, HMSO, London, March 8, 1867, p. 1601 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 24024, HMSO, London, October 10, 1873, p. 4533 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  5. ↑ Other Lords in the Treasury were between 1880 and 1882 John Holms and Charles Cecil Cotes and also from 1881 to 1882 Herbert John Gladstone . In: London Gazette . No. 24842, HMSO, London, May 7, 1880, p. 2915 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English). and London Gazette . No. 25008, HMSO, London, August 26, 1881, p. 4392 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26372, HMSO, London, February 11, 1893, p. 820 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27272, HMSO, London, June 29, 1894, p. 3727 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 27272, HMSO, London, January 24, 1901, p. 551 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
  9. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27874, HMSO, London, January 12, 1906, p. 270 ( PDF , accessed July 16, 2016, English).
predecessor Office successor

New title created 		Baron Haversham
1906-1917
Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Hayter, Arthur, 1st Baron Haversham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayter, Arthur Divett, 1st Baron Haversham (full name); Hayter, Sir Arthur, 2nd Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer, politician and officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1835
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1917