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Edward Hawke

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Officer of the British Navy

Officer of the British Navy

Edward Hawke

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Personal Details
Date of Birth 1705/02/21 W031
Father Edward Hawke (d. 1718) W031
Mother Elizabeth Bladen W031
Wife Catharine Brooke (1720-1756). W031
Son Chaloner (d 1777) W031
Son Martin Bladen Hawke (1744-1805) W031
Son Lieutenant-colonel Edward Hawke (d 1773) W031
Daughter Catharine W031
Date of Death 1781/10/17 W031
Naval Service Events
Ship Date From Date To Event Source
1720/02/10 Entered the Navy W031
Seahorse 1720/12/10 1st Class Volunteer W031
1725/06/02 Passed for lieutenant in Galleons Reach W031
Kinsale 1725/06/02 1727/07/12 Midshipman W031
1727/07/12 Became unemployed W031
Promoted to Lieutenant, 11th April 1729 W032
Portland 1729/04/11 1729/11/25 Third Lieutenant W031
Leopard 1729/11/25 1729/12/22 Lieutenant DB015
1729/12/22 Placed on Half-Pay DB015
Edinburgh 1731/05/29 1731/12/27 Fourth Lieutenant DB015
Scarborough 1732/01/15 1732/11/10 Lieutenant DB015
Flamborough 1732/11/10 1732/12/24 Lieutenant DB015
Kingston 1732/12/24 1733/04/12 Lieutenant DB015
Promoted to Commander, 13th April 1733 W031
Wolf 1733/04/13 1734/03/20 As Captain W031
Promoted to Post Captain, 20th March 1734 W032
Flamborough 1734/03/20 1735/09/05 As Captain DB015
1735/09/05 Placed on Half-Pay W031
Portland 1739/07/30 1743/03/17 As Captain W031
Berwick 1743/06/14 1745/08 As Captain W031
1744/02/11 Present at the Battle of Toulon  
Neptune 1745/08 1745/10 As Captain W031
1745/09/20 Brought a convoy into Plymouth. W031
Mars 1747/03/30 1747/07/50 As Captain W031
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the White, 15th July 1747 W032
1747/07/17 Order to take command at Portsmouth W031
Windsor 1747/08/09 1747/09/27 As Flag Officer W031
Devonshire 1747/09/27 1747/10 As Flag Officer W031
Promoted to Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 12th May 1748 W032
Promoted to Vice-Admiral of the White, 6th January 1755 W032
Saint George 1755/01/06 1755/10 As Flag Officer B057
1755/01/27 Ordered to be "Fitted for the reception of a flag officer" by the Admiralty B057
Promoted to Admiral of the Blue, February 1757 W032
Royal George 1759/11/14 1761/03/11 As Flag Officer B057
1759/11/20 Present at the Battle of Quiberon Bay  
Royal George 1762/04/27 1762/09/03 As Flag Officer B057
Promoted to Admiral of the White, 21st October 1762 W032
1766/12/11 Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty W031
Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet, 16th January 1768 W031
1771/01 Resigned as first Lord tendered on grounds of ill health W031
Personal Events
Date Event Source
1737/10/03 Married Catharine W031
1739/09/13 Buried an infant daughter in Barking DB015
1740/04/03 Buried a second infant daughter in Barking DB015
1749 Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath  
1756/10/27 Catharine died DB015
1765/11 Appointed Vice-Admiral of Great Britain  
1776/05/20 Appointed Baron Hawke of Towton  
Notes on Officer
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
W032 Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy David Bonner Smith
DB015 The life of Edward Lord Hawke Montagu Burrows
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield

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