HAWKINS, Cæsar Henry (3 son of Rev. Edward Hawkins, R. of Kelston, Somerset, d. 1805). b. Bisley, Gloucs. 19 Sep. 1798; ed. at Christ’s hospital and St. George’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1821, F.R.C.S. 1843; taught anatomy in Hunterian school, Windmill st.; surgeon to St. George’s hosp. 1829–61, consulting surgeon 1861; examiner at royal college of surgeons 1849–66, Hunterian orator 1849, pres. 1852, 1861; surgeon extraord. to the Queen 11 Nov. 1857, serjeant surgeon in ord. 25 Nov. 1862 to death; member of general medical council 4 July 1865 to 4 July 1870; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; popularised operations of ovariotomy and colotomy; author of The Hunterian oration, presidential addresses and pathological and surgical writings 2 vols. privately printed 1874. d. 26 Grosvenor st. London 20 July 1884. Medical Times, ii, 119 (1884); I.L.N. lxxxv, 133 (1884), portrait.
HAWKINS, Edward (1 son of Edward Hawkins, banker, Macclesfield, d. 1816). b. Macclesfield 5 May 1780; ed. Macclesfield gram. sch.; partner in Swansea bank and a manager of Neath Abbey copper works to 1807; F.L.S. 1806; made collection of books and prints relating to Chester; F.R.S. 1821, V.P., withdrew 1856; F.S.A. 1826, member of council 1828, chairman of executive committee 1853–9, V.P.; fellow Numismatic Soc. 1836, president; deputy keeper of antiquities British museum May 1825, keeper 1826 to Dec. 1860; formed collections of British medals and of 8000 English political caricatures, purchased by Br. Museum 1860 and 1868; author of Description of the Anglo-Gallic coins in British Museum 1826; The silver coins of England 1841, 3 ed. 1887; Descriptive account of British Medals 1852, Br. Museum refused to publish this as it contained political opinions, but revised and ed. by A. W. Franks and H. A. Grueber as Medallic illustrations of history of Great Britain and Ireland was published in 2 vols. 1885. d. 6 Lower Berkeley st. London 22 May 1867. Proc. of Soc. of Antiquaries, iv, 103–106 (1868); Numismatic Chronicle Proceedings, vii, 11–12 (1867).
HAWKINS, Rev. Edward (brother of Cæsar Henry Hawkins 1798–1884). b. Bath 27 Feb. 1789; ed. at Elmore, Gloucs. 1796–1800, at Merchant Taylor’s school 1801 to 1807; Andrew exhibitioner at St. John’s coll. Ox. 1807; double 1st class 1811; tutor of his college 1812; B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, B.D. and D.D. 1828; fellow of Oriel coll. Easter 1813 to 2 Feb. 1828, tutor 1819, select preacher 1820–1, 1824–5, 1830–1 and 1842–3; V. of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford 1823–28; Whitehall preacher 1827–28; provost of Oriel coll. 2 Feb. 1828 to death, but resigned his active duties 3 Oct. 1874; canon of Rochester 2 Feb. 1828 to death; R. of Purleigh, Essex 2 Feb. 1828 to death; V. of Lamberhurst, Kent 1831–4; declined the vice-chancellorship 1840 and 1870; Bampton lecturer 1840; Ireland professor of exegesis of holy scripture 2 Nov. 1847 to 19 Oct. 1861; lived at Rochester 1875 to death; author of A dissertation upon unauthoritative tradition as an introduction to Christian doctrines 1819, reprinted 1889; A manual for Christians after confirmation 1826, 6 ed. 1839; Discourses upon the historical scriptures of the Old Testament 1833; An inquiry into the uses of the means of attaining Christian truth, eight sermons 1840, and about 30 other publications. d. the Precincts, Rochester 18 Nov. 1882. bur. in the cathedral cemetery 24 Nov. J. W. Burgon’s Lives of twelve good men (1888) i, 376–475, portrait; Quarterly Rev. clvi, 305–52 (1883); T. Mozley’s Reminiscences, vol. i (1882).
Note.—There is a fine portrait of him by Sir Francis Grant in Oriel common room.—He was a great conservative and his opposition to any change in the tutorial system at Oriel occasioned the resignation of Newman, Richard Hurrell Froude, and Robert Wilberforce.
HAWKINS, Rev. Ernest (6 son of Henry Hawkins of Lawrence End, parish of Kimpton, Herts., major H.E.I.C.) b. Lawrence End 25 Jany. 1801; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1839; fellow of Ex. coll. Ox. 26 Dec. 1831 to 29 July 1852; assistant sec. S.P.G. 1838, sec. 1843–64, the society greatly expanded under his management; preb. of St. Paul’s 1844–64; minister of Curzon chapel, Mayfair, London 1850 to death; vice prin. of Bishop’s coll. Cape Town, Feb. 1859; canon of Westminster 7 Nov. 1864 to death, installed 5 Dec. 1864; author of Documents relating to the erection of bishoprics in the colonies 1844, 4 ed. 1855; Manual of prayer for working men and their families 1855, 4 ed. 1856; The book of Psalms with explanatory notes 1857, 3 ed. 1865 and 14 other books. d. Dean’s yard, Westminster 5 Oct. 1868. bur. Westminster abbey cloisters 12 Oct. Boase’s Exeter coll. (1879) 130; Chester’s Westminster abbey (1876) 518; I.L.N. 10 Oct. 1868 p. 363.
HAWKINS, Francis (brother of Rev. Edward Hawkins 1789–1882). b. Bisley, Gloucs. 30 July 1794; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch. 1805–12; probationary fellow of St. John’s coll. Ox. 1812, Newdigate prizeman 1813; B.A. 1816, B.C.L. 1819, M.B. 1820, M.D. 1823; inceptor candidate of R.C.P. 1821, candidate 1823, fellow 30 Sep. 1824; phys. Middlesex hosp. 18 Dec. 1824 to 1858; prof. of theory and practice of medicine in King’s coll. London 1831–6; phys. to royal household of William iv. 24 July 1830 to 1837; Gulstonian lecturer at coll. of phys. 1826, censor 1827, Croonian lecturer 1827–29, Lumleian lecturer 1832, 1834, 1840, 1841, Harveian orator 1848, an elect 14 Nov. 1850, consiliarius 1859–61, 1863–65 and 1869, registrar 30 Sep. 1829 to 1858; registrar of general council of Medical education and registration 25 Nov. 1858, retired 22 Dec. 1876; phys. to H.M.’s household in ordinary 13 Dec. 1861 to death; author of Rheumatism and some diseases of the heart 1826; edited The Medical Register 1859. d. 16 Ashley place, Victoria st. London 13 Dec. 1877. Munk’s College of physicians, iii, 286 (1878); Medical Times, ii, 686 (1877).
HAWKINS, Francis Spencer. b. 1799; entered Bengal army 1817, M.G. 28 Nov. 1854; col. 2 Bengal N.I. 18 Feb. 1856 to death; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. d. 32 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 3 June 1860 aged 61.
HAWKINS, George (son of George Hawkins, landscape painter). b. 1809; architectural draughtsman; exhibited 7 drawings at R.A. 1830–48; lithographer, worked for Day and Son, London; his chief work was a series of the Monastic ruins of Yorkshire, sketches by W. Richardson, description by E. Churton 2 vols. York 1844–56. d. 116 Camden road villas, Camden Town, London 6 Nov. 1852. Art Journal (1852) 375; G.M. xxxviii, 655 (1852).
HAWKINS, John (son of Henry Hawkins, major H.E.I. Co.) b. Huntingdon 28 June 1791; ed. at Hitchin and Rugby; articled to Joseph Eade of Hitchin, Herts. solicitor; practised at Hitchin 1812 to death; steward of 28 manors at one time; a founder of the Hitchin Friendly Institution, May 1827; a trustee of nearly every charity in Hitchin. d. The Grange, Hitchin 22 March 1877. Law Journal, xii, 232–4 (1877).
HAWKINS, John Croft. b. 6 April 1798; entered navy 1811; entered marine service of H.E.I. Co. 1812; surveyed the Euphrates 1838; captain 21 Jany. 1839; commodore of Persian gulf squadron 1845–47; acting superintendent and commander in chief of Indian navy Aug. 1848 to 27 Jany. 1849; thrown out of his curricle and killed on the spot near his house in Colaba, Bombay 25 Aug. 1851.