James Hawkins (bishop) explained

James Hawkins was an Irish Anglican bishop in the 18th and 19th centuries.^{[1] [2]}

A former Dean of Emly (1766–1775), Hawkins was the Bishop of Dromore from 1775 to 1780 and Bishop of Raphoe from then until his death on 23 June 1807.^{[3] [4]}

Family

He married Catherine, the daughter of Gilbert Keene and niece of William Whitshed; they had four sons and three daughters. His son James adopted the additional surname of Whitshed and was created first Baronet Whitshed-Hawkins. His son Thomas became Dean of Clonfert in 1812.^[5]

References

1. Tuesday's Post continued, Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), 4 July 1807; Issue 2827
2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., (1986), Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
3. Web site: Community Trees . 31 May 2011 . 30 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202619/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I109454&tree=Nixon . dead .
4. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries, The Morning Post (London, England), 30 June 1807; Issue 11347, 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
5. Book: Burke, Bernard. The genealogy and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. 1812.