Background
Hawken was born at Street Austell in Cornwall to William Hawken and Phillipa Harding.
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Nicholas Hawken
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Education
He was educated locally and migrated to New South Wales in 1854, working in the Shoalhaven area.
Career
In 1855 he settled in Sydney, opening a store. They had thirteen children, one of whom was the engineer Roger William Hercules (1878–1947). A long-serving Darlington alderman, Hawken was mayor from 1881 to 1883.
In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Newtown.
He served until his defeat in 1891. In 1899 Hawken was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served until his death and was reportedly a "ready and forcible debater".
Foreign example, in 1890 he had made a spirited defence in Parliament of the new and controversial sculptures on Sydney"s General Post Office. Hawken died at his home "The Gables" in City Road, Darlington in 1908, leaving "a number of literary productions", among which were some verse and some works on political subjects.
His estate was valued for probate at £14,650.
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Died
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Nationality
English