Christopher James Hawkins (born 26 November 1937) is a British politician. He was a British

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for High Peak constituency in

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from the 1983 general election until he stood down in

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Life

Hawkins was born in

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and educated at

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ...

and the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

from which he graduated with a BA (Hons) in Economics. From 1959 to 1966, he worked as an economist for

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, with periods of secondment in Nigeria and Tunisia. Hawkins then joined the Economics Department of the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

where he was successively Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. In his ''Who’s Who'' entry, Hawkins listed reading, music and sailing as recreations. Sailing was more than a recreation for Hawkins designed several yachts. An early design was the GK 24 of 1977, but his most successful design was the Hawk 20 which he developed with Reid Marine, a firm in

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, and which was launched at the

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in 1993; the boat is described in Sailing Today Test Report (April 2001). After leaving Parliament, he was the Deputy Chairman of the

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until 1998.

Selected publications

* "On the Sales Revenue Maximization Hypothesis", ''The Journal of Industrial Economics'', Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 1970), pp. 129–140. * (edited with George McKenzie) ''The British economy : what will our children think?'' London: Macmillan 1982. * (with C. B. Chapman, and S. C. Ward) ''Pricing Policy Models: A Case Study in Practical O.R.'', ''The Journal of the Operational Research Society'', Vol. 35, No. 7 (Jul., 1984), pp. 597–603.

References

* ''Times Guide to the House of Commons'' 1987 * ''Who's Who'' 2015 *

External links

*
Yacht Designs Database
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