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.
Painted silhouette of Sir Christopher Hawkins of Trewithen; his only known portrait.
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John Hawkins was an English geologist, traveller and writer. He was a member of the Hawkins family.
Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet
…Thames whilst at Eton, whilst a younger brother Thomas died "of a fever in consequence of eating an ice-cream after dancing." His youngest brother, John Hawkins, survived and became a noted geologist. On his father's death in 1766, Christopher inherited his estates. Hawkins was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall…
Portrait by Richard Cosway c1799