Louis Henry Hayter correspondence and papers
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Louis Henry Hayter correspondence and papers
Classmark: MS 406
Creator(s): Hayter, Louis Henry()
Date(s): 1884-1897
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 vol. (241 ff.)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5002
Description
THESE PAPERS were very kindly presented, to the; Library in February 1976 by Lord Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. They had come into his family through L H Hayter having been political agent for Lord Boyle's grandfather, Sir Edward Boyle, Bart. (MP, Taunton, 1906-1909).
Louis Henry Hayter died on 16th February 1953, aged 87, at Bridgewater, Somerset, He was a native of Sussex and the son of a guardsman who had fought in the Crimea. Louis spent practically all his adult life in Conservative politics, and even at the age of 22-was speaking in Midlothian against Gladstone's Home Rule proposals. Hayter was briefly Conservative agent at Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, and then spent sixteen years as the party's agent in the constituency of Westminster. These papers refer to that period though they are not confined to events in Westminster. Hayter was especially active in local government and having failed to be elected at Bow in 1895, represented Westminster on the London County Council from 1897 to 1901. He subsequently moved to Taunton where he acted as Conservative agent not only for the Taunton and Bridgewater constituencies but also for Falmouth in Cornwall. He is said to have conducted twenty-two Parliamentary elections in the Conservative interest. A brief
obituary of him was published in The Times on 19th February 1953.
These papers were received bound into a guard-book and are listed in the order in which they are bound. The number against each entry is that of the first folio of the item. The .brief notes on the contents of each letter are not exhaustive. An alphabetical index of writers and others is appended.
We are indebted to the Essex County Record Office, Westminster City Libraries, East Sussex County Library and Birmingham University Library for help in identifying some writers.
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Biography or history
Louis Henry Hayter died on 16 February 1953, aged 87, at Bridgewater, Somerset. He was a native of Sussex and the son of a guardsman who had fought in the Crimea. Louis spent practically all his adult life in Conservative politics, and even at the age of 22 was speaking in Midlothian against Gladstone's Home Rule proposals. Hayter was briefly Conservative agent at Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, and then spent sixteen years as the party's agent in the constituency of Westminster. He was especially active in local government and having failed to be elected at Bow in 1895, represented Westminster on the London County Council from 1897 to 1904. He subsequently moved to Taunton where he acted as Conservative agent not only for the Taunton and Bridgewater constituencies but also for Falmouth in Cornwall. He is said to have conducted twenty-two Parliamentary elections in the Conservative interest. A brief obituary of him was published in 'The Times' on 19 February 1953.
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The MS 406 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1977. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
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