William Hayter
William Goodenough Hayter , KCMG (born August 1, 1906 in Oxford , † March 28, 1995 ) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1957 . In addition, he acted between 1958 and 1976 as overseer (Warden) and thus as head of the New College of the University of Oxford .
Life
William Goodenough Hayter, son of the judge of the same name Sir William Goodenough Hayter and his wife Alethea Slessor, was the older brother of the writers Priscilla Napier and Alethea Hayter and a cousin of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force John Slessor , who served as Chief of the 1950-1952 the Air Staff was Chief of Staff of the Royal Air Force (RAF). After attending the renowned Winchester College, founded in 1382, he himself completed an undergraduate degree at the New College of the University of Oxford . After that he was initially Laming TravelingFellow at Queen's College , University of Oxford and entered 1930 in the diplomatic service (HM Diplomatic Service) Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Foreign Office ) a.
After numerous different uses of foreign missions and the Foreign Ministry Hayter was after the end of World War II from 1945 to 1946 Head of Division South (Head of Southern Department, Foreign Office) , which was founded in 1933 and Italy , Austria , the Czechoslovakia , Hungary and the Balkan countries was responsible. Subsequently, he served from 1946 to 1948 at the State Department as Head of Unit for the connections to the armed forces (Head of Services Liaison Department, Foreign Office) , which was also responsible for relations with the Ministry of War ( War Office ) and other defense services. For his services, he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1948 . He then worked in the Foreign Ministry from 1948 to 1949 as Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Defense and Intelligence) .
1949 William Hayter envoy at the embassy in France and remained until 1953 in this post. On May 1, 1953 he was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), so that from then on he had the suffix "Sir". As successor to Alvary Gascoigne , he became ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1953 and held this position until 1957, whereupon Patrick Reilly succeeded him there. He himself took over from Patrick Reilly and, on his return, was Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Political) from 1957 to 1958 .
After his retirement from the diplomatic service, Sir William Hayter was the successor of the philosopher Alic Halford Smith Overseer (Warden) and thus head of the New College of the University of Oxford in 1958 and held this position until his replacement by Arthur Hafford Cooke in 1976. He was then awarded the title of Honorary Fellow of New College.
Web links
- KNIGHTS AND DAMES at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS (p. 236)
- Reilly, Sir (D'Arcy) Patrick in Who's Who (online version)
- OBITUARIES: Sir William Hayter . In: The Independent of March 30, 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 953
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 974
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 926
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 689
- ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 809
- ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 913
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| SURNAME | Hayter, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hayter, William Goodenough (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat and administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1995 |