Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham

Arthur Divett Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham, PC (9 August 1835 – 10 May 1917), known as Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt, from 1878 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office under William Gladstone from 1882 to 1885.

The Right Honourable The Lord Haversham PC
Financial Secretary to the War Office
In office 13 May 1882 – 9 June 1885
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Northcote, Bt
Personal details
Born	9 August 1835
Died	10 May 1917 (1917-05-11) (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Henrietta Hope
Alma mater	Brasenose College, Oxford

Background and education

Hayter was the only son of Sir William Hayter, 1st Baronet, by Anne Pulsford, eldest daughter of William Pulsford. He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford, and later joined the Grenadier Guards.

Political career

Hayter sat as Member of Parliament for Wells from 1865 to 1868,[1] for Bath from 1873 to 1885[2] and for Walsall from 1893 to 1895 and 1900 to 1906.[3] After succeeding his father in the baronetcy in 1878, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as a Lord of the Treasury from 1880[4] to 1882 and as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1882 to 1885. He chaired the public accounts committee from 1901 to 1905 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1901.[5] In January 1906 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Haversham, of Bracknell in the County of Berkshire.[6]

Personal life

Lord Haversham married Henrietta Hope in 1866. They lived at South Hill Park at Easthampstead, now part of Bracknell in Berkshire. There were no children from the marriage and the baronetcy and barony became extinct on Lord Haversham's death 10 May 1917, aged 81.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
4. "No. 24842". The London Gazette. 7 May 1880. p. 2915.
5. "No. 27272". The London Gazette. 24 January 1901. p. 551.
6. "No. 27874". The London Gazette. 12 January 1906. p. 270.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Haversham

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Hayter, Bt Hedworth Jolliffe	Member of Parliament for Wells 1865–1868 With: Hedworth Jolliffe	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Donald Dalrymple Viscount Grey de Wilton	Member of Parliament for Bath 1873–1885 With: Viscount Grey de Wilton 1873–1874 Nathaniel Bousfield 1874–1880 Edmond Wodehouse 1880–1885	Succeeded by Edmond Wodehouse Robert Stickney Blaine
Preceded by Frank James	Member of Parliament for Walsall 1893–1895	Succeeded by Sydney Gedge
Preceded by Sydney Gedge	Member of Parliament for Walsall 1900–1906	Succeeded by Edward Marten Dunne
Political offices
Preceded by Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Financial Secretary to the War Office 1882–1885	Succeeded by Sir Henry Northcote, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Haversham 1906–1917	Extinct
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Goodenough Hayter	Baronet (of South Hill Park) 1878–1917	Extinct