Background
Hawke was the son of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, and Catherine, daughter of Walter Brooke.
Hawke was the son of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, and Catherine, daughter of Walter Brooke.
He was educated at the University of Oxford. In 1781 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. In 1771 Lord Hawke married Cassandra, daughter of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet.
They had several children.
Lady Hawke died in November 1813.
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Hawke sat as Member of Parliament for Saltash from 1768 to 1774.