Paul Hayter
British civil servant
About Paul Hayter
Born 1942.
Sir Paul David Grenville Hayter (born 4 November 1942) is a British public servant and was Clerk of the Parliaments from 2003 to 2007.
Early life and education Hayter is the eldest son of Michael Hayter and his wife Patricia Schofield and has four siblings. He is the great-great-grandson of Harrison Hayter.
He was educated at Eton College (where he was a King's Scholar) and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007. On 20 March 2007, Hayter announced that he would retire as Clerk of the Parliaments on 3 November 2007. He was succeeded by Michael Pownall on 4 November 2007 (a day after Hayter's retirement).
In 1973 he married Deborah Maude, daughter of Angus Maude, and has three children, William, Giles and Arabella.
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