Baron Hawke
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Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
. It was created on 20 May 1776 for the prominent naval commander Sir Edward Hawke
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC was an officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain...
. His son, the second Baron, represented Saltash
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)
Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. His son, the third Baron, assumed the additional surname of Harvey. On the death of his younger son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 1869, the line of the eldest son of the second Baron failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Martin Bladen Edward, second son of the second Baron. His son, the seventh Baron, was a successful cricketer. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baron. His elder son, the ninth Baron, held minor office in the Conservative administrations of the 1950s. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the tenth Baron, who was followed by his son, the eleventh Baron. the title is held by the twelfth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
Barons Hawke (1776)
- Edward Hawke, 1st Baron HawkeEdward Hawke, 1st Baron HawkeAdmiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC was an officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain...
(1710–1781) - Martin Bladen Hawke, 2nd Baron HawkeMartin Hawke, 2nd Baron HawkeMartin Bladen Hawke, 2nd Baron Hawke was a British peer and politician.-Background:Hawke was the son of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, and Catherine, daughter of Walter Brooke. He was educated at the University of Oxford.-Political career:Hawke sat as Member of Parliament for Saltash from...
(1744–1805) - Edward Harvey-Hawke, 3rd Baron Hawke (1774–1824)
- Edward William Harvey-Hawke, 4th Baron Hawke (1799–1869)
- Stanhope Harvey-Hawke, 5th Baron Hawke (1804–1870)
- Edward Henry Julius Hawke, 6th Baron Hawke (1815–1887)
- Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron HawkeMartin Hawke, 7th Baron HawkeMartin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke of Towton , generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur cricketer who played major roles in the sport's administration....
(1860–1938) - Edward Julian Hawke, 8th Baron Hawke (1873–1939)
- Bladen Wilmer Hawke, 9th Baron HawkeBladen Hawke, 9th Baron HawkeBladen Wilmer Hawke, 9th Baron Hawke , was a British Conservative politician.Hawke was the eldest son of Edward Julian Hawke, 8th Baron Hawke, and his wife Frances Alice, daughter of Colonel John Randal Wilmer...
(1901–1985) - Julian Stanhope Theodore Hawke, 10th Baron Hawke (1904–1992)
- Edward George Hawke, 11th Baron Hawke (1950–2009)
- William Martin Theodore Hawke, 12th Baron Hawke (b. 1995)
There is no heir to the barony.
Coat of arms
- Arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th argentArgentIn heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...
, a chevron erminois between three boatswainBoatswainA boatswain , bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. The boatswain supervises the other unlicensed members of the ship's deck department, and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews...
's whistles purple, 2nd and 3rd grand-quarter quarterly, 1st and 4th orOr (heraldry)In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
, a cross engrailed gules, 2nd and 3rd argent, a chevron engrailed sableSable (heraldry)In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours". In engravings and line drawings, it is sometimes depicted as a region of crossed horizontal and vertical lines or else marked with sa. as an abbreviation.The name derives from the black fur of...
, three mulletMullet (heraldry)In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced...
s sable. - Crest: A hawk rising ermine, beaked, belled and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lisFleur-de-lisThe fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys is a stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry...
or. - Supporters: DexterDexter and sinisterDexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms and by extension also to a crest. "Dexter" means to the right from the viewpoint of the bearer of the arms, to the left of that of the viewer...
, Neptune, his mantle of a sea-green colour, edged argent, crowned with an eastern coronetCoronetA coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.The word stems from the Old French coronete, a diminutive of coronne , itself from the Latin corona .Traditionally, such headgear is – as indicated by the German equivalent...
or, his dexter arm erect, darting downwards, his tridentTridentA trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...
sable, headed silver, resting his sinister foot on a dolphinDolphinDolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
proper; sinisterDexter and sinisterDexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms and by extension also to a crest. "Dexter" means to the right from the viewpoint of the bearer of the arms, to the left of that of the viewer...
, a seahorseSeahorseSeahorses compose the fish genus Hippocampus within the family Syngnathidae, in order Syngnathiformes. Syngnathidae also includes the pipefishes. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning “sea monster”.There are nearly 50 species of seahorse...
or, sustaining in his forefins a banner argent, the staff broken proper. - Motto: Strike.