William Malcolm Hailey

William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey (1872-1969), was born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (he became an honorary fellow of the College in 1925).

Hailey entered the Indian Civil Service in 1895. He was posted to the Punjab where, in 1901, he became colonisation officer for the Jhelum Canal Colony. In 1907 he was appointed to the post of Secretariat Officer and worked in this capacity in the Punjab (1907) and in the Finance Department of the Government of India (1908).

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