| Honorific Prefix: | Brigadier |
| Alexander Alfred Hayton | |
| Birth Place: | Chorlton, Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Allegiance: |  South Africa |
| Rank: | Brigadier |
| Commands: | 4th South African Brigade |
| Battles: | Western Desert Campaign |
| Laterwork: | Chief Traffic Officer |
Brigadier Alexander Alfred Hayton was a South African officer. During World War I he served as a lieutenant in the East African Campaign and in Egypt.[1] He was the commanding officer of the 4th South African Brigade in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa during World War II.[2] In civilian life he worked as Chief Traffic Officer in Johannesburg.[3] [4]