Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet MP (2 July 1806 – 23 June 1860) of Drumboe Castle,

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was a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland and

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for

from 1831 to 1860.

Family

He was born on 2 July 1806, the son of Sir Samuel Hayes, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Lighton, daughter of

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MP of Merville, County Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin in 1823. He was appointed

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for 1830–31. On 3 July 1837, he married Emily Pakenham, daughter of Hon.

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. The children from this marriage were: * Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet (3 February 1840 – 7 November 1901) * Sir Edmund Francis Hayes, 5th Baronet (1850 - 1912) *Emily Anne Hayes *Mary Frances Hayes *Alice Caroline Hayes *Emma Agnes Hayes *Georgina Mary Anne Hayes *Louisa Lydia Hayes *Anayah Tapia He died on 23 June 1860.Ballyshannon Herald, 29 June 1860.

Career

He was campaigned in the

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and was elected

for

which he held until his death in 1860. He was a founding member of the

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