Sir William Hayter, 1st Baronet

Sir William Hayter
Judge Advocate General
In office
30 December 1847 – 30 May 1849
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
Preceded byCharles Buller
Succeeded bySir David Dundas
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
30 May 1849 – 9 July 1850
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
Preceded byJohn Parker
Succeeded byGeorge Cornewall Lewis
Parliamentary Secretary
to the Treasury
In office
July 1850 – 21 February 1852
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
Preceded byHenry Tufnell
Succeeded byWilliam Forbes Mackenzie
In office
5 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Aberdeen
The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded byWilliam Forbes Mackenzie
Succeeded bySir William Jolliffe, Bt
Personal details
Born(1792-01-28)28 January 1792
Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire
Died26 December 1878(1878-12-26) (aged 86)
South Hill Park, Easthampstead, Berkshire
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Liberal
SpouseAnne Pulsford (d. 1889)
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford

Sir William Goodenough Hayter, 1st Baronet, PC, QC (28 January 1792 – 26 December 1878) was a British barrister and Whig politician. He is best remembered for his two tenures as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (government chief whip) between 1850 and 1852 and 1853 and 1858.