Sir John Hayes, 1st Baronet

Sir John Macnamara Hayes, 1st Baronet ( – 19 July 1809) was a military physician who served as physician-extraordinary to George, Prince of Wales, the future George IV of the United Kingdom.

Early life Hayes was born in Limerick, Ireland.

Career He was a British Army surgeon in the US from 1775 to 1783. In the 1790s, he served in the army in the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1784, Hayes was appointed physician-extraordinary to the George, Prince of Wales, the future George IV of the United Kingdom. He was also a physician at the Westminster Hospital from 1792 to 1794.

Personal life

On 1 May 1787, Hayes was married to Anne White, the eldest daughter of wealthy New York City merchant Henry White and his wife Eve ( Van Cortlandt) White (a daughter of Frederick Van Cortlandt). Anne was a sister of Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White, General Frederick Van Cortlandt White, Henry White Jr. (wife of their cousin, Anna Van Cortlandt), Frances White (wife of Dr. Archibald Bruce), and Margaret White (wife of Peter Jay Munro). Together, Anne and John were the parents of:

Sir Thomas Pelham Hayes, 2nd Baronet (1794–1851), who married Caroline Emma ( Stoughton) Dickson, a daughter of Thomas Stoughton and widow of Lt.-Col. Hill Dickson, in 1840. Selina Hayes, who married Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet Margaret Augusta Hayes (1797-1803).

Sir John died in Camden from acute laryngitis on 19 July 1809 and was buried at St. James's, Piccadilly. After his death in 1851, he was succeeded by his brother John, who lived at Arborfield Hall. Upon John's death in 1896, the baronetcy became extinct.