John Hawkins (geologist)
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John Hawkins was an English geologist, traveller and writer. He was a member of the Hawkins family.
Portrait by Richard Cosway c1799
Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet, FRS was a Cornish landowner, mine-owner, Tory Member of Parliament, and patron of steam power. He was Recorder of Grampound, of Tregony, and of St Ives, Cornwall.
John Hawkins (geologist)
…youngest son of Thomas Hawkins of Trewinnard, St Erth, Cornwall, M.P. for Grampound, by Anne, daughter of James Heywood of London. His older brother, Sir Christopher Hawkins, became an MP and mineowner. He was educated at Helston school, Winchester College, and took his BA from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1782. He then…
Painted silhouette of Sir Christopher Hawkins of Trewithen; his only known portrait.
Trewithen House
Trewithen Gardens