Peter Hawker (1786 - abt. 1853)

Born 24 Nov 1786 in London, England

Husband of Julia Amelia Sophia (Barttelot) Hawker — married 19 Mar 1811 in Lisbon, Portugal

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Biography

Colonel Peter Hawker (24 November 1786 – 7 August 1853) was a celebrated diarist, author and sportsman accounted one of the "Great Shots" of the 19th Century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and, on occasion, considered worthy of report in The Times.

Born in London to Colonel Peter Ryves Hawker and Mary Wilson Hawker (née Yonge) he was educated at Eton and then entered military service in 1801 with the purchase of a commission as a cornet in The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons), soon gaining a promotion to captain. Hawker notes in his diary that: "I was a Captain of Dragoons soon after I was seventeen years old, but paid dearer for it than anyone in the service."

Sources

• Sir Bernard Burke, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 13th edition, (London, England: Burke Publishing Co, 1921), page 565. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 13th ed.