on 12 of the following Dec. Capt. Hawkins’ subsequent appointments were – 18 March, 1814, to the Conflict sloop, in which vessel he served on the Home station until Sept. 1815 – 30 Aug. 1819, to a five-years’ Inspectorship in the Water Guard – and 13 July, 1830, to the Raleigh 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he returned and was paid off 31 May, 1834. He was advanced to his present rank 6 Feb. 1835, but has not since been afloat.
Capt. Hawkins married, in 1819, Mary Wise, only daughter of Christopher Savery, Esq., of South Efford, co. Devon, and by that lady has issue two sons, of whom the eldest is an officer in the Army.
HAWKINS. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 22; h-p., 28.)
Charles Hawkins entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1797, as A.B., on board the Chapman hired armed ship, Capt. Robt. Keen, with whom he continued to serve, principally as Midshipman, in the same vessel, and in the Spitfire sloop, until April, 1803; being much employed in the former in co-operation with the King’s troops, in the neighbourhood of Wexford, during the rebellion of 1798. On leaving the Spitfire he joined the Pickle schooner, of 10 guns and 35 men, Lieut.-Commanders John Kichards Lapenotiere and Daniel Callaway, in which vessel he had an opportunity of rendering much assistance to the Magnificent 74, when that ship was wrecked, near Brest, 25 March, 1804; of also participating in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, with the despatches announcing the glorious result of which the Pickle was sent home; and of participating, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the capture, 3 Jan. 1807, of La Favorite privateer, of 14 guns and 70 men. Mr. Hawkins, who on the latter occasion received a slight wound, and distinguished himself by his activity and exertions in boarding and afterwards getting the prize clear, was for his conduct made Lieutenant, by commission dated on 7 of the same month, into the Humber armed ship, Capt. John Hill.[1] He afterwards joined – 26 Nov. 1807, the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, off Lisbon – 8 Nov. 1808, the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, which ship, employed on the same and Cadiz stations, he left in Aug. 1811 – 11 Sept. 1812, the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, attached to the force in the Downs – and, 21 July, 1813, the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, stationed in the North Sea, whence he invalided in Feb. 1814. He assumed command, 12 Aug. 1839, of the Romney receiving-ship at the Havana; and since 9 Oct. 1841 has been in charge of a Semaphore station.
HAWKINS. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Frank Keene Hawkins served as Midshipman of the Pique 36, during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and was mentioned in the highest terms by his Captain, Edw. Boxer;[2] passed his examination 7 July, 1841; and served as Mate, on the Mediterranean and American stations, in the Queen 110, and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, and Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin. He obtained his commission 9 Dec. 1845; joined, a few days afterwards, the Gladiator steam-frigate, Capt. John Robb, lying at Woolwich; and since 8 May, 1846, has been successively employed with Capt. Woodford John Williams in the Avenger and Amphion steam-frigates, on the Home station.
HAWKINS. (Commander, 1842.)
Henry Caesar Hawkins, born 19 March, 1809, is second surviving son of the present Sir John Caesar Hawkins, Bart., by Charlotte, eldest daughter of Wm. Surtees, Esq., of Hedley, co. Northumberland. One of his brothers is a Captain in the Indian, and three others are officers in the Queen’s, Army.
This officer entered the Navy 2 May, 1822; passed his examination in 1828; was employed on shore in Oct. of that year in constructing batteries and otherwise co-operating with the French army during the siege of Morea Castle;[3] and obtained his first commission 6 Sept. 1838. Being appointed, 11 April, 1839 (after a short servitude as Additional-Lieutenant in the Donegal 78, flag-ship at Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney), to the Blenheim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. Herbert, he ultimately proceeded to China, where he went through the whole campaign, including the storming of Chinghae,[4] on which occasion he served on shore in command of a party of seamen. He was in consequence advanced to his present rank 23 Dec. 1842,[5] but has not been since employed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HAWKSHAW. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
Hugh Hawkshaw is son of the late Rev. Rich. Hawkshaw, Rector of Fahan, co. Londonderry.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fortunée 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, on the Home station, where he assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 1811, of Le Vice-Amiral Martin, a notorious privateer, of 18 guns and 140 men, and where he afterwards followed the same Captain into the Clarence 74. While next attached, between Sept. 1813 and Feb. 1817, to the Pactolus 38, and Severn 50, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, we find him accompanying the Duke of Cambridge to Cuxhaven and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, serving for some time also on the North American station, and (besides attending an eminently successful expedition sent in the summer of 1815 to the Gironde in support of the French king) enacting a part in the memorable battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was subsequently for nearly twelve months employed on the African and West India stations in the Semiramis 42, Capts. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Joseph Harrison; after which he successively joined the Severn 50, Newcastle 60, and Leander 50, commanded on the Home and Bermuda stations by Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch, Arthur Fanshawe, and Edw. Chetham. He was promoted, 12 July, 1819, to a Lieutenancy in the Newcastle, bearing the flag at the time of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Commander-in-Chief at Halifax; but since the paying off of that ship in 1822 has not been afloat.
Lieut. Hawkshaw, who is an Inspector of the Carlow Constabulary Force, married Catherine Eliza, fourth daughter of Robt. Miller, Esq., of Blackheath Park, co. Kent.
HAWTAYNE. (Rear Admiral, of the White, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
Charles Sibthorpe John Hawtayne is second son of the Rev. Wm. Hawtayne, 34 years Rector of Elstree, co. Hertford, in the early part of his life an Ensign in the 3rd Regt. of Foot Guards; and brother of the Rev. John Hawtayne, D.D., Archdeacon of Bombay.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1793, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Defence 74, Capt. Jas. Gambier, of which ship his father was then Chaplain. In Oct. 1794, after having shared in the action of 1 June, he accompanied Capt. Gambier into the Prince George 98, commanded subsequently by Capt. Sir John Orde, in the river Medway. With the exception of an attachment of a few months in 1798-9 to the Zealand 64, flag-ship at the Nore, he next, from April, 1795, until Aug. 1799, served with Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on the Home and West India stations, in the Martin and Babel sloops, and Aimable and Crescent frigates. Being made Lieutenant, on 24 of the latter month, into the Espiégle sloop, Capts. Jas. Boorder and Jas. Slade, Mr. Hawtayne attended the ensuing expedition to Holland. He was afterwards appointed – 11 July, 1800, to the Greyhound 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, on the Mediterranean station, where his services under the
