The Right Honourable
The Lord Haversham
PC
Financial Secretary to the War Office
In office
13 May 1882 – 9 June 1885
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byHenry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeeded bySir Henry Northcote, Bt
Personal details
Born9 August 1835
Died10 May 1917 (1917-05-11) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
SpouseHenrietta Hope
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford

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.

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.

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