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Hawke, Baron (GB, 1776)

Creation: let. pat. 20 May 1776

Family name: Hawke later Harvey-Hawke later Hawke

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Arms:

Argent a Chevron Erminois between three Pilgrims' Staves Purpure

Crest:

A Hawk rising Ermine belled and charged on the breast with a Fleur-de-lis Or

Supporters:

Dexter:  a figure of Neptune his Mantle Vert edged Argent crowned with an Eastern Crown Or his dexter arm erect and holding in the act of striking a Trident Sable Points downwards Silver and resting his left foot on a Dolphin proper;  Sinister:  a Sea Horse Or holding between the fore fins a Banner Argent the Staff broken Sable

Motto:

Strike

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Edward [Hawke], 1st Baron Hawke, KB PC

only son of Edward Hawke, barrister-at-law,of Lincoln's Inn, by his wife Elizabeth Ruthven, widow of Col Ruthven, sister of Col Martin Bladen, Comptroller of the Mint, and dau. of Nathaniel Bladen, of Lincoln's Inn, and of Hemsworth, co. York

born

21 Feb 1710

mar.

1737 Catharine Brooke (b. c. 1720; d. 28 Oct 1756; bur. at North Stoneham, co. Hampshire), dau. and sole hrss. of Walter Brooke, of Burton Hall, Gateforth, co. York, by his wife Catherine Hammond, 1st dau. and cohrss. of William Hamond, of Scarthingwell, co. York

children

1. Hon Martin Bladen Hawke, later 2nd Baron Hawke

2. Lt Col Edward Hawke (b. Dec 1746; dvp. 2 Oct 1773)

3. Hon Chaloner Hawke (b. 1750; dvp. 17 Sep 1777 in a riding accident)

1. Hon Catharine Hawke

died

17 Oct 1781 (bur. at North Stoneham, co. Hampshire)

created

20 May 1776 Baron Hawke, of Towton in the County of York

suc. by

son

note

entered the Navy 1720; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Portsmouth 1747-76; Rear-Admiral 1747; gained a victory against the French off Finisterre 1747, capturing seven out of their nine ships of war; Knight of the Bath 1747; Vice-Admiral 1748; Admiral 1757; totally defeated the French Fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759, for which he received the thanks of Parliament and a pension of £2,000 for two lives; Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1761-81; Rear-Admiral of Great Britain 1762-65; Vice-Admiral of Great Britain 1765-81; Privy Councillor 1766; First Lord of the Admiralty 1766-71; Admiral of the Fleet 1768-81

Martin Bladen [Hawke], 2nd Baron Hawke

born

20 Apr 1744

mar.

6 Feb 1771 Cassandra Turner (b. 28 Feb 1746; d. 19 Nov 1813; bur. with her husband at North Stoneham, co. Hampshire), 2nd dau. of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bt., of Ambrosden, co. Oxford, by his wife Cassandra Leigh, dau. of William Leigh, of Adlestrop, co. Gloucester

children

1. Hon Edward Hawke, later 3rd Baron Hawke

2. Hon Martin Bladen Edward Hawke (b. 17 Apr 1777; d. 14 Sep 1839), mar. 8 Mat 1815 Hannah Nisbet (d. 6 Apr 1876), only dau. of Thomas Nisbet, of Mersington, and had issue:

1a. Edward Henry Julius Hawke, later 6th Baron Hawke

2a. Cmdr Bladen Edward Martin Hawke RN (b. 14 Mar 1820; d. 13 Sep 1877)

1. Hon Cassandra Julia Hawke, mar. (1) 15 Jul 1793 Samuel Estwicke, of Barbados, (2) Sep 1800 Rev Stephen Sloane, and (3) Thomas Green

2. Hon Annabella Eliza Cassandra Hawke (d. 1818)

died

27 Mar 1805 (bur. at North Stoneham, co. Hampshire)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Saltash 1768-74

Edward [Hawke later Harvey-Hawke], 3rd Baron Hawke

born

3 May 1774

mar.

29 Aug 1798 Frances Anne Harvey (b. 4 May 1772; d. 22 Aug 1810), 2nd dau. and eventual hrss. of Stanhope Harvey, of Womersley Park, co. York, by his wife Frances Warde, dau. of Patience Warde, of Hooton Pagnell, co. York

children

1. Hon Edward William Harvey-Hawke, later 4th Baron Hawke

2. Hon Stanhope Hawke, later 5th Baron Hawke

2, Hon Martin Hawke (b. 1806; k. 19 Nov 1857 in an hunting accident)

died

29 Nov 1824

suc. by

son

note

in consequence of his marriage he took the name of Harvey before that of Hawke by Royal Licence 1798

Edward William [Harvey-Hawke], 4th Baron Hawke

born

15 Jul 1799

mar. (1)

1 Aug 1821 Elizabeth Frances Ramsden (dsp. 26 Aug 1824), 2nd dau. of Sir John Ramsden, 4th Bt., of Byron, co. York, by his wife Hon Louisa Susan Ingram-Shepherd , 5th dau. and cohrss. of Charles [Ingram-Shepherd], 9th Viscount Irvine

mar. (2)

26 Apr 1848 Frances Featherstonhaugh (d. 29 Jun 1903), dau. of Walker Featherstonhaugh, of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham

only  child by second wife

1. Hon Frances Cassandra Hawke (b. 20 Jun 1851; d. 9 Dec 1921), mar. 1 Sep 1870 Laurence [Parsons], 4th Earl of Rosse, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 8 Jan 1869

suc. by

brother

Stanhope [Harvey-Hawke], 5th Baron Hawke

born

18 Jan 1804

died

5 May 1870

suc. by

cousin

Rev Edward Henry Julius [Hawke], 6th Baron Hawke

born

24 Dec 1815

mar.

9 Jul 1857 Jane Dowker (d. 3 Aug 1915), 3rd dau. of Henry Dowker, of Laysthorpe, co. York

children

1. Hon Edward Hawke (b. 2 Sep 1859; dvp. 6 Sep 1871)

2. Hon Martin Bladen Hawke, later 7th Baron Hawke

3. Admiral Hon Stanhope Hawke RN (b. 18 Apr 1863; d. 1 Feb 1936)

4. Hon Bladen Edward Hawke (b. 22 Oct 1865; dvp. 24 Jun 1875)

5. Capt Hon Harold Brooke Hawke (b. 23 Sep 1867; dsp. 20 Jul 1913), mar. 9 Aug 1906 Anne Bamford (widow of Arthur J J Bamford, of Misterton Hall, Lutterworth, co. Derby; d. 6 Aug 1912), dau. of John Nash, of Chicago, USA

6. Hon Edward Julian Hawke, later 8th Baron Hawke

1. Hon Mary Catherine Hawke (d. 26 Oct 1948)

2. Hon Eleanor Jane Emily Hawke (d. 28 Aug 1940), mar. 15 Jan 1921 Arthur Gordon Watney (d. 19 Dec 1927), 3rd son of Daniel Watney

3. Hon Alice Cassandra Hawke (d. 9 Mar 1957)

4. Hon Catharine Isabel Hawke JP (d. 5 Apr 1942), mar. 5 May 1903 Edward Grosvenor Tew JP, of Carlton Grange, Pontefract, co. York, and Moorlands, Haxby, York (d. 20 Jun 1943), and had issue

died

5 Dec 1887

suc. by

son

note

Rector of Willingham, co. Lincoln 1854-75

Martin Bladen [Hawke], 7th Baron Hawke

born

16 Aug 1860

mar.

1 Jun 1916 Marjory Nelson Ritchie Cross (widow of Arthur J Graham Cross;  d. 25 Jan 1936), 3rd dau. of W Peacock Edwards, of 17 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh

died

s.p. 10 Oct 1938

suc. by

brother

Edward Julian [Hawke], 8th Baron Hawke

born

16 Feb 1873

mar.

9 Oct 1900 Frances Alice Wilmer (d. 8 Jul 1959), 2nd dau. of Col John Randal Wilmer

children

1. Hon Bladen Wilmer Hawke, later 9th Baron Hawke

2. Hon (Julian Stanhope) Theodore Hawke, later 10th Baron Hawke

1. Hon Veronica Margery Hawke (b. 30 Jan 1915; d. Dec 1997), mar. 25 Jun 1940 Jack Briscoe Masefield, Assistant Commissioner of Police Malaya (d. 1993), and had issue

died

4 Sep 1939

suc. by

son

Bladen Wilmer [Hawke], 9th Baron Hawke

born

31 Dec 1901

mar.

1 Nov 1934 Ina Mary Faure Walker (b. c. 1913; d. 21 Mar 2002), 1st dau. of Henry Faure Walker, of Highley Manor, Balcombe, co. Sussex, by his second wife Edith Ina Bartholomew, dau. of Lt Col William Barker Bartholomew, of Old Woking, co. Surrey

children

1. Hon Caroline Ina Maude Hawke, barrister (b. 13 Feb 1937), mar. 6 Aug 1960 John Francis Easton, of The Treetops Cottage, Barley, co. Hertford, only son of Rev Cecil Gordon Easton, and has issue

2. Hon Annabel Hawke, painter and glass-engraqver (b. 27 Aug 1940), mar. 4 Apr 1961 (Nicholas) Adam Ridley, of 29 Richmond Hill, Richmond-on-Thames, co. Surrey, solicitor, 2nd son of Rev Michael Ridley, and has issue

3. Hon Cecilia Anne Hawke (b. 13 Mar 1943), mar. (1) 27 Jul 1963 (div. 1971) Sir Peter Tapsell, and (2) 1979 as his second wife Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Paul Scott KBE JP, and had issue by both marriages

4. Hon Lavinia Mary Hawke JP (b. 15 Jun 1945), mar. 2 Apr 1965 Maj Nicholas Maclean Verity Bristol later Maclean-Bristol of Breachachadh Castle OBE DL, and has issue

5. Hon Rowena Margaret Hawke, Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Michael of Kent (b. 23 Jun 1948), mar. (1) 20 Feb 1971 Philip William Leatham, and (2) 1990 William T Sanders, of Hankerton Priory, co. Wiltshire, and has issue by her first marriage

6. Hon Prunella Jane Hawke (b . 14 Jan 1951), mar. 17 Jan 1976 Albert Hendrick Servatius later Servatius-Hawke, of Van Alkemadelaan 354, Den Haag, The Netherlands, banker, 1st son of De Heer Bernard Servatius, Netherlands Diplomatic Corps, and has issue

7. Hon Olivia Mary Hawke (b. 5 Apr 1955), mar. 9 Jul 1983 Timothy John Pethybridge, of 64 Hendham Road, London, banker, only son of J H Pethybridge, of Barn Parl, Bodmin, co. Cornwall, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 5 Jul 1985

suc. by

brother

note

a Lord-in-Waiting 1953-57; Member, Church Assembly 1955-85; Church Commissioner 1958-85

(Julian Stanhope) Theodore [Hawke], 10th Baron Hawke

born

19 Oct 1904

mar. (1)

17 Feb 1933 (div. 1946) Angela Margaret Griselda Bury (d. 1984), only dau. of Capt Edmund William Bury

children by first wife

1. Hon Sarah Elizabeth Jane Hawke (b. 10 Jun 1935), mar. 5 Oct 1957 John Norris Fennell, 1st son of Col Harold Percival Fennell, of Hove, co. Sussex, and has issue

2. Hon Catherine Mary Hawke (b. 11 Jul 1940), mar. 16 Mar 1963 Dr Charles Groves Darville Brook FRCP, yst. son of Air Vice Marshal William Arthur Darville Brook CB CBE RAF, and has issue

mar. (2)

22 May 1947 Georgette Margaret Davidson (d. 19 Sep 2010), only dau. of George Spence Davidson, of 73 Eaton Square, London SW1

children by second wife

1. Hon E£dward George Hawke, later 11th Baron Hawke

3. Hon Nicholas Frances Hawke (b. 15 Jan 1949), mar. 1981 Capt Hon Jonathan Andrew Forbes, of East Cevidley, Alford, co. Aberdeen (b. 20 Aug 1947), 2nd son of Nigel Ivan [Forbes], 23rd Lord Forbes, by his wife Hon Rosemary Katharine Hamilton-Russell, only dau. of Gustavus William [Hamilton-Russell], 9th Viscount Boyne, and has issue

4. Hon Vanessa Nathalie Mary Hawke (b. 20 Jun 1957), mar. 1985 (Peter) Adam William Brodie, of Brook Farm, Eglwys Cross, Whitchurch, co. Shropshire, yst. son of Maj-Gen Thomas Brodie CB CBE DSO, and has issue

5. Hon Julia Georgette Hawke (b. 1 Jan 1960;  missing presumed drowned off the Galapagos Islands 12 Oct 1997)

died

19 Aug 1992

suc. by

son by second wife

Edward George [Hawke], 11th Baron Hawke

born

25 Jan 1950

mar.

4 Sep 1993 Bronwen Mae James, dau. of William T James

only child

1. Hon William Martin Theodore Hawke, later 12th Baron Hawke

1. Hon Alice Julia Hawke (b. 8 Feb 1999)

died

2 Dec 2009

suc. by

son

William Martin Theodore [Hawke], 12th Baron Hawke

born

23 Jun 1995

There is no heir to the Barony of Hawke.

 Last updated 13 Sep 2013

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Title:

12th Baron Hawke, of Towton in the County of York

(Great Britain, let. pat. 20 May 1776)

Address:

The Old Mill House, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 2TA

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