[2][3] Although the precise details of Hayes's early life are unknown, it is believed she was born in Genoa[4] (as cited in the 1761 edition of Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies)[2] to the courtesan and brothel keeper, Elizabeth Ward.
[4] In the 1750s, Charlotte had two fairly well-documented liaisons; one with Robert "Beau" Tracy, the wealthy son of a judge, and another with his friend, Samuel Derrick, an impoverished Irish poet who became the author of Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies.
Dennis O'Kelly was a professional gambler and race horse owner and eventually made his fortune through the purchase of the prize-winning stallion Eclipse.
[citation needed] Many years before her death, in 1779, a book supposedly written "By a Monk of the Order of Sr. Francis" was published in London under the following title Nocturnal Revels: or, the History of King's Place and other Modern Nunneries, containing Their Mysteries, Devotions, and Sacrifices, Comprising also, The Ancient and Present State of Promiscuous Gallantry.
''It told the story, among other things, of Charlotte Hayes' profitable trade and provided a detailed Italic textmenu of the pleasures she offered to her wealthy clients.