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Sir john hawkins biography of christopher


  • Sir john hawkins biography of christopher

    • 4. Rev. J. Whitaker to Hawkins, cited by S. Baring Gould, Cornish Characters and Strange Events, 522..

    Sir john hawkins biography of christopher

  • 1. Private Pprs.xviii. 142, 148.
  • 4. Rev. J. Whitaker to Hawkins, cited by S. Baring Gould, Cornish Characters and Strange Events, 522.
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    • Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet facts for kids

    Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet, FRS (29 May 1758 – 6 April 1829) was a Cornish landowner, mine-owner, Tory Member of Parliament, and patron of steam power.

    He was Recorder of Grampound, of Tregony, and of St Ives, Cornwall.

    The Hawkins family

    Christopher Hawkins was the second son of Thomas Hawkins of Trewithen, a considerable landowner and former MP for Grampound. Thomas Hawkins had a lifelong fear of smallpox and died following an inoculation to prevent it.

    Christopher's elder brother John was drowned in the River Thames whilst at Eton, whilst a younger brother Thomas died "of a fever in consequence of eating an ice-cream after dancing." His youngest brother, John Hawkins, survived and became a noted geologist.

    On his father's death in 1766, Christopher inherited his estates.

    Career as MP

    Hawkins was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1783. He then followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a member of parlia