Baron Hawke

Baron Hawke, of Towton in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 20 May 1776 for the prominent naval commander Sir Edward Hawke. His son, the second Baron, represented Saltash in the House of Commons. 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. He 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. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the eleventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 1992.

Barons Hawke (1776)

*Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1710-1781)
*Martin Bladen Hawke, 2nd Baron Hawke (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 Hawke (1860-1938)
*Edward Julian Hawke, 8th Baron Hawke (1873-1939)
*Bladen Wilmer Hawke, 9th Baron Hawke (1901-1985)
*Julian Stanhope Theodore Hawke, 10th Baron Hawke (1904-1992)
*Edward George Hawke, 11th Baron Hawke (b. 1950)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. William Martin Theodore Hawke (b. 1995)

Coat of arms

*"Arms": Quarterly 1st and 4th argent, a chevron erminois between three boatswain's whistles purple, 2nd and 3rd grand-quarter quarterly, 1st and 4th or, a cross engrailed gules, 2nd and 3rd argent, a chevron engrailed sable, three mullets sable.
*"Crest": A hawk rising ermine, beaked, belled and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lis or.
*"Supporters": Dexter, Neptune, his mantle of a sea-green colour, edged argent, crowned with an eastern coronet or, his dexter arm erect, darting downwards, his trident sable, headed silver, resting his sinister foot on a dolphin proper; sinister, a seahorse or, sustaining in his forefins a banner argent, the staff broken proper.
*"Motto": Strike.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]