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.