Friday, 13 December 2013
351 Sir William Hayter
Constituency : Wells 1837-65
William was educated at Winchester and Oxford and became a barrister. He entered Parliament in 1837 and was a committed Free Trader. He joined Russell's government in 1847 as Judge Advocate General. Two years later he was promoted to Financial Secretary to the Treasury. In 1850 he became Chief Whip. He resumed that position under Aberdeen, advising him not to proceeed with Russell's Reform Bill in 1854 and held it under Palmerston.He helped Russell survive in the 1857 election. He was partly responsible for Palmerston's defeat over the Conspiracy to Murder Bill, allowing some of his people to leave unpaired. He was knighted on his retirement in 1858.
In 1861 William was presented with a massive silver plate to commemorate his service as whip at Willis's. Pretty much the entire parliamentary party attended.
William was a keen agriculturalist.
In later life he suffered from depression and was found drowned in a lake on his estate in 1878. He was 86.
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