Malcolm Hailey

William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey, (15 February 1872 – 1 June 1969) known as Sir Malcolm Hailey between 1921 and 1936, was a British peer and administrator in British India.

Early life and education Malcolm Hailey was born at Newport Pagnell in 1872, to Hammet Hailey, a physician, and Maria Coelia Clode. The youngest of three brothers, he attended Merchant Taylors' School from 1883 to 1890. He subsequently earned a schlorarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and there gained a first class degree in classics in 1894. In 1896 he entered the Indian Civil Service. and Governor of the United Provinces 1928 to 1934. He was early convinced of the strength of Indian nationalism, but remained ambivalent about it.

He was appointed a CIE in 1911, a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1915, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire 1921 and appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1928 and a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1932. In 1936, while he was the Governor of United Provinces, India's oldest national park was created and was named Hailey National Park in his honour (later renamed Jim Corbett National Park). The same year, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hailey, of Shahpur in the Punjab and Newport Pagnell in the County of Buckingham. In 1937 he was elected President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1939, he was made a GCMG. He advised limited recognition of African national movements. He was invited to a meeting by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Malcolm MacDonald, in 1939 at which the setting up of the Colonial Social Science Research Council was discussed. In 1942, he was appointed to lead the British Colonial Research Committee.

In 1949, he was made a member of the Privy Council. He became a member of the Order of Merit in 1956.

Hailey also served as a Trustee of The Rhodes Trust from 1941 to 1964.

Personal life

Hailey married Andreina Alesandra Balzani in 1896.

Hailey died at Putney on 1 June 1969 and his ashes were taken for burial in the family vault at Simla in India. With his death, the barony became extinct, as his only son and heir, Alan Hailey (1900–1943) had been killed without issue in the Middle East during the Second World War.

Styles 1872–1911: Malcolm Hailey 1911–1915: Malcolm Hailey, CIE 1915–1921: Malcolm Hailey, CSI, CIE 1921–1928: Sir Malcolm Hailey, KCSI, CIE 1928–1932: Sir Malcolm Hailey, GCIE, KCSI 1932–1936: Sir Malcolm Hailey, GCSI, GCIE 1936–1939: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, GCSI, GCIE 1939–1948: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE 1948–1956: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC 1956–1969: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC