Background
Hawley was the son of the Honourable Francis Hawley by Gertrude Gethin, daughter of Sir Richard Gretin, 1st Baronet.
Hawley was the son of the Honourable Francis Hawley by Gertrude Gethin, daughter of Sir Richard Gretin, 1st Baronet.
The barony was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to a seat in the English House of Lords. He instead stood for election to the English House of Commons for Somerset in 1705 but was unsuccessful. However, in 1713 he was returned for Bramber, a seat he held until 1715.
He did not stand for Parliament after 1715.
Lord Hawley married firstly Lady Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of William Ramsay, 3rd Earl of Dalhousie, in 1697. Lady Hawley died in 1745.
4th Parliament of Great Britain.
