William Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey
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William Malcolm Hailey (1872-1969) was an administrator in British India. He was a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896.
He was Governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928, a compromiser with the Akali leadership[1] [2], and Governor of the United Provinces 1928 to 1934. He was early convinced of the strength of Indian nationalism, but remained ambivalent about it[3].
He was created a baron in 1936, and subsequently spent time on missions to Africa, producing a Survey in the late 1930s that proved very influential[4]. He advised limited recognition of African national movements[5]. His powers of speaking and intellectual synthesis were widely recognised[6].
He became a member of the Order of Merit in 1956.
[edit] References
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- John W. Cell (1992), Hailey: A Study in British Imperialism, 1872–1969
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jaito Da Morcha
- ^ Panthic Weekly: History of the Akali Movement
- ^ Thomas R. Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj (1994) , p. 227.
- ^ Robert D. Pearce, The Turning Point in Africa: British Colonial Policy, 1938-48 (1982), p. 43.
- ^ Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain, 1919-1945 (1999), p. 263.
- ^ Robin W. Winks, Alaine M. Low, The Oxford History of the British Empire (1999), p. 31.
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| Preceded by Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman |
Governor of the United Provinces 1928–1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Harry Graham Haig |
