Sir Paul David Grenville Hayter KCB LVO (born 4 November 1942) is a British public servant and was Clerk of the Parliaments

Clerk of the Parliaments

The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position has existed since at least 1315, and duties include preparing the minutes of Lords proceedings, advising on proper parliamentary procedure and pronouncing the Royal Assent...

 from 2003 to 2007.

Education

Hayter is the eldest son of Canon Michael Hayter and his wife Katherine Schofield and has four siblings. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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.

Career

He became a Clerk in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 in 1964. From 1974 to 1977 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office as Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords

Leader of the House of Lords

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 and the Government Chief Whip, serving two Leaders, Lord Shepherd

Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd

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 (1974-1976) and Lord Peart

Fred Peart, Baron Peart

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 (from 1976), and one Chief Whip

Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms

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, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe. From 1977 to 1991, in addition to his work in the House of Lords, he served as Secretary of the Association of Lord-Lieutenants, and in 1992 he was created a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. He was Reading Clerk from 1991 to 1997, and Clerk Assistant from 1997 to 2003. In July 2003 he was appointed Clerk of the Parliaments

Clerk of the Parliaments

The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position has existed since at least 1315, and duties include preparing the minutes of Lords proceedings, advising on proper parliamentary procedure and pronouncing the Royal Assent...

. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2007. He retired in November 2007 on reaching the age of 65.

In 1973 he married Deborah Maude, daughter of Angus Maude

Angus Maude

Angus Edmund Upton Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon PC , was a Conservative Party politician and British cabinet member from 1979 until 1981. He was the father of Conservative MP Francis Maude....

, and has three children, William, Giles and Arabella.