BOND, James
11 June 1744 – 2 June 1820
!st Baronet Bond of Coolamber, County Longford 1794

James Bond purchased Hayes Place and its estate in 1785. It had previously been owned by William Pitt,  the Earl of Chatham and included in addition to the large mansion, the house and bakery that later became the Walnut Tree, 3 other houses, barns and stables, orchards and over 250 acres of land. According to Hasted James Bond had lately arrived from the East Indies and became a high sheriff of Kent in 1788.  
When he arrived in 1785 with his wife Anne and his five children the rector of Hayes, Revd John Till, recorded that his household included 6 men and 8 maid servants. Another son, William, was born on 9 September 1787 and baptised in Hayes Church on 17 October.

In 1789 he sold Hayes Place and some of its land in 1789 to Lord Lewisham and moved to Ireland, his birthplace, where he became a Member of Parliament for Naas. He was made a baronet in 1794.

He retained some of his Hayes property, including Hayes Street Farm, which was managed by his bailiff William Landreath.  George Norman purchased the farm in 1798 and other parts of Bond’s estate.  

When he died in 1820 his son Thomas inherited his baronetcy of Coolamber.