William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (15 February 1872 – 1 June 1969), known as Sir Malcolm Hailey between 1921 and 1936, was a British peer and administrator in British India.
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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[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 appointed a CIE in 1911, a CSI in 1915, a KCSI 1921 and appointed a GCIE in 1928 and a GCSI in 1932. In 1936 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hailey, of Shahpur in the Punjab and Newport Pagnell in the County of Buckingham.[4] In 1939 he was made a GCMG. He subsequently spent time on missions to Africa, producing a Survey in the late 1930s that proved very influential[5]. He advised limited recognition of African national movements[6]. In 1948, he was made a member of the Privy Council. His powers of speaking and intellectual synthesis were widely recognised[7]. He became a member of the Order of Merit in 1956.
Malcolm Hailey married Andreina Alesandra Balzani in 1896.[8]
Lord Hailey died in 1969 aged 97. With his death, the barony became extinct, as his only son and heir, Alan Hailey (1900–1943) had been killed without issue in the Middle East during the Second World War.
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| Preceded by Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman |
Governor of the United Provinces 1928–1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Harry Graham Haig |
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| New creation | Baron Hailey 1936–1969 |
Extinct |