Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born June 1946) is a former senior diplomat in the United Kingdom and is currently the Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Jay was born in Hampshire and educated at Winchester College, Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he is an honorary fellow, and London University''s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).