Education
Hailey was a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, having been educated at Merchant Taylors" School, Northwood, and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896.
Hailey was a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, having been educated at Merchant Taylors" School, Northwood, and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896.
Hailey was Governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928, a compromiser with the Akali leadership, and Governor of the United Provinces 1928 to 1934. 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 1939 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George. He subsequently spent time on missions to Africa, producing the African Survey in the late 1930s that proved very influential.
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. His powers of speaking and intellectual synthesis were widely recognised.
1872–1911: Malcolm Hailey 1911–1915: Malcolm Hailey, International Commission on Illumination 1915–1921: Malcolm Hailey, Computer Society of India, International Commission on Illumination 1921–1928: Sir Malcolm Hailey, KCSI, International Commission on Illumination 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, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George, GCIE 1948–1956: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, GCSI, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George, GCIE, Personal Computer 1956–1969: The Right Honourable The Lord Hailey, Member of the Order of Merit, GCSI, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George, GCIE, Personal Computer.
He was early convinced of the strength of Indian nationalism, but remained ambivalent about lieutenant
In 1948, he was made a member of the Privy Council.