Background
Hayter is the eldest son of Canon Michael Hayter and his wife Katherine Schofield and has four siblings.
Hayter is the eldest son of Canon Michael Hayter and his wife Katherine Schofield and has four siblings.
Hayter is the eldest son of Canon Michael Hayter and his wife Katherine Schofield and has four siblings. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He became a Clerk in the House of Lords in 1964. From 1974 to 1977 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office as Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and the Government Chief Whip, serving two Leaders, Lord Shepherd (1974-1976) and Lord Peart (from 1976), and one Chief Whip, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe. 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.
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.