Henry Browne Hayes | |
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_c.1824.png) 1820s portrait of Henry Browne Hayes, attributed to Cork-based artist Adam Buck | |
| Born | 1762 Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 1832 Cork, Ireland |
| Burial place | Christ Church, South Main Street, Cork |
| Known for | Kidnap of Mary Pike; Association with Vernon Mount (Cork) and Vaucluse House (Sydney) |
| Criminal penalty | Penal transportation to Australia |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Smyth (1783–1794) |
| Children | Three |
| Father | Attiwell Hayes |
Sir Henry Browne Hayes (1762–1832) was a landowner and Sheriff of Cork City in Ireland. Convicted of the kidnap of a wealthy heiress in Cork, he was subject to penal transportation to New South Wales in 1802 where he built Vaucluse House near Sydney. He was pardoned in 1812 and returned to Ireland. Surviving a shipwreck at the Falkland Islands on the return journey, he retired in Cork where he died in 1832.