Background
Hawkins was the son of Francis Henry Albert Hawkins (Vicar of All Soul"s Clapton Park, Rector of All Saints’ Highgate and Prebendary of Street Paul’s Cathedral London) and Mary Anne Ridley Hawkins.
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Robert Hawkins
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He was educated at Forest School (Walthamstow). From 1910, he studied theology at Street Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated in 1913.
Career
Hawkins was baptised on 25 March 1892 at All Soul"s Clapton Park. Hawkins had five children:
John C L Hawkins 1918
Dorothy A Hawkins 1920
Patricia Hawkins 1923
Robert A Hawkins 1925
Margaret South Hawkins 1930
He received a Master of Arts degree in 1919. He was ordained a deacon in 1919 and a priest in 1920.
Curate of Street Thomas" Church, Dudley 1919 - 1923
Vicar of Maryport with Christ Church 1923 - 1927
Vicar of Street George the Martyr, Barrow in Furness from 1927 - 1934
Rural Dean of Dalton 1928 - 1934
Vicar of Dalston with Cumdivock 1934 - 1943
Vicar of Street Mary"s Church, Nottingham 1943 - 1958
Honorary Canon of Southwell Minster 1943 - 1958
Canon of Street George"s Chapel, Windsor Castle 1958 – 1970
A memorial to Hawkins is located in the floor of the north choir aisle of Street George"s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
