Bladen Wilmer Hawke, 9th Baron Hawke (31 December 1901 – 5 July 1985), was a British Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of Edward Julian Hawke, 8th

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, whom he succeeded as 9th Baron Hawke in 1939. His uncle had been Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, who died in 1938. Hawke's mother was Lady Frances Alice Hawke, daughter of Colonel John Randal Wilmer. Having succeeded in the barony, he served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) from 1953 to 1957 in the Conservative administrations of

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, Sir Anthony Eden and

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. From 1958 to 1974 he was a Church Commissioner.

Family

Hawke married Ina Mary Faure Walker, daughter of Henry Faure Walker, in 1934. They had seven daughters.

Death

He died in July 1985, aged 83. As he had no sons he was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Julian.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *
Prunella Servatius (née Hawke)
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