Edmund Hayes QC (1804 – 29 April 1867), was an Irish judge. In 1858 he became

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Life

He was the eldest son of William Hayes of Millmount,

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. He was educated at the

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, and in 1820 entered

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, where he proceeded B.A. in 1825, and LL.B. and LL.D. in 1832. In 1827 he was called to the

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and joined the north-eastern circuit, but subsequently transferred himself to the home circuit. Hayes was appointed by the benchers of the

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as lecturer in constitutional and criminal law. He was appointed a Q.C. in 1852, and was

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under

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's first administration, and again in 1858, and was subsequently promoted to be Irish Solicitor-General. In 1859 he succeeded

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in the

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, but was compelled in 1866 to absent himself owing to ill-health. He resigned in Michaelmas term of that year, and died at his house at Bray,

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, 29 April 1867.

Works

Hayes wrote a treatise on Irish criminal law (Dublin, 1843, 2nd edition). In 1837 he published reports of cases in the

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1830 to 1832, and in 1843, with Thomas Jones, a continuation from 1832 to 1834.

Family

Hayes married, first, Grace Mary Anne, daughter of John Shaw of Donlagh,

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, in 1835, by whom he had nine children; and secondly, Mary Harriett Tranchell, widow of Lieutenant James Shaw, by whom he had one son.

References

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