Career
He battled with the Bishop of Birmingham, William Ullathorne over funds for the building works and letters show that this continued through to the laying of the foundation stone for what was to become the church of Street Mary and Street John. Hawksford served as Mayor of Wolverhampton 1863/64. Hawksford was born 5 October 1806 in Aston, Warwickshire, the son of Samuel Hawksford and Elizabeth née Cope.
He had no further children, and died on 3 September 1887.