Name Robert Hawkins Died September 19, 1989 | ||
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Education St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Forest School, Walthamstow | ||
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Robert Henry Hawkins (3 March 1892 – 19 September 1989) was a priest of the Church of England and Canon of Windsor.
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Family and education
Hawkins was the son of Francis Henry Albert Hawkins (Vicar of All Soul's Clapton Park, Rector of All Saints’ Highgate and Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral London) and Mary Anne Ridley Hawkins.
Hawkins was baptised on 25 March 1892 at All Soul's Clapton Park. He was educated at Forest School (Walthamstow). From 1910, he studied theology at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated in 1913.
In October 1914, Hawkins was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment and was a Ccptain attached to the Royal Flying Corps by the time of his marriage in 1917. He married Margaret Lacey (1890-1977), daughter of Canon Thomas Alexander Lacey at All Saints' Church, Highgate on 4 June 1917.
Hawkins had five children:
He received a Master of Arts degree in 1919. He was ordained a deacon in 1919 and a priest in 1920.
Career
A memorial to Hawkins is located in the floor of the north choir aisle of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.