Bishop bob hawkins biography of william

Rev Hawkins died on the 23 rd of June James was created a baronet in and would become an Admiral of the Fleet in He died in , leaving one child. James joined the Navy in , he became commander of the San Vincente, which was one of the prize vessels recently acquired by the British Navy.

When Robert Bishop Hawkins was born on 17 May , his father, William Robert Hawkins, was 29 and his mother, Gertrude Ellen Jones, was

He was involved in the Battle off Cape St Vincent on the 14 th of February and from which he was presented with a gold medal and he was mentioned with thank in Parliament for his conduct in the battle. In February he gained the rank of Rear Admiral and in he was appointed Naval Adviser to the Viceroy of Ireland, for the purposes of superintending the coasts of Ireland, of the organising the Sea Fencibles, of selecting and establishing signal stations and for erecting Martello towers at set distances north and south of Dublin, for the defense of Irelands Capital.

He was appointed Vice Admiral in April and became the chief command at Cork, staying there until He became Admiral of the Fleet in January Admiral Sir James died in and was cremated. They resided mainly in Scotland. Their eldest son James died in Japan in aged He was in command of the gunboat Leven and it is thought he died of cholera. The Leven was one of the first naval vessels to survey the coast of Japan.

St Vincent died in September in Edinburgh and his widow died in July Sir St Vincent was succeeded by his younger son. He became a Lieut.