James Hayes ( - 1693 )

Birth: Beckington, Somerset, England, Europe Education: St Paul's School; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (matriculated 1649); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1649) Career: Called to the Bar (1656); MP for Marlborough (1659); Recorder of Marlborough (1659); Secretary to Prince Rupert; involved in the establishment of a permanent British trading post at Hudson Bay, which later became Hudson's Bay Company (1672); Deputy Governor of HBC; (FRS 1665) Honours: Kt 1670 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposer: John Wilkins (25 June 1662) Date of ejection/withdrawal: 22 July 1685 (due to non-payment of arrears) Council: 1667-1668, 1670-1671 Committee appointments include: Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) Other RSActivity: Made some meteorological observations (1667).