Baron Hawley, of Donsmore, was a title in the

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. It was created on 8 July 1646 for Sir Francis Hawley, 1st Baronet, a supporter of

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. He had already been created a baronet, of Buckland in the County of Somerset, in the Baronetage of England in 1644. He was succeeded by his grandson, also Francis, who served as

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for Bramber, Sussex between 1713 and 1715. The latter's son, Francis, the third Baron, was

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. The titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Baron in 1790.

Barons Hawley (1646)

Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley (14 January 1608 – 22 December 1684) was an English politician, soldier and peer. Biography Hawley was the son of Sir Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe and Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Anthony Poulett. He serve ...

(–1684) **Hon. Francis Hawley *

Francis Hawley, 2nd Baron Hawley Francis Hawley, 2nd Baron Hawley (c. 1673 – 30 May 1743), was a British landowner and politician. Hawley was the son of the Honourable Francis Hawley by Gertrude Gethin, daughter of Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his grandfather ...

(–1743) * Francis Hawley, 3rd Baron Hawley (died 1772) *Samuel Hawley, 4th Baron Hawley (c. 1719–1790)

References

*''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' John Burke (1838) p251. Google Books * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawley Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland 1646 establishments in the British Empire Noble titles created in 1646