There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hawley, one in the

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and one in the

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. The Hawley Baronetcy, of Buckland in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 March 1644. For more information on this creation, see

Baron Hawley Baron Hawley, of Donsmore, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 8 July 1646 for Sir Francis Hawley, 1st Baronet, a supporter of Charles I. He had already been created a baronet, of Buckland in the County of Somerset, in the Bar ...

. The Hawley Baronetcy, of Leybourne Grange in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 14 March 1795 for Henry Hawley. The third Baronet who served as

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in 1844 was succeeded by his brother. The fifth Baronet was the nephew of both the 3rd and 4th Baronets, and the son of Rev Henry Charles Hawley, Rector of Leybourne. The sixth Baronet died without issue and was succeeded by his nephew who was

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in 1962. The eighth Baronet, who did not use his title, had not attempted to prove his succession and was therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 198

The baronetcy became extinct on his death in 2015. __NOTOC__

Hawley baronets, of Buckland (1644)

* See

Hawley baronets, of Leybourne Grange (1795)

Sir Henry Hawley, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1745–1826) * Sir Henry Hawley, 2nd Baronet (1776–1831) *

Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Baronet Sir Joseph Henry Hawley Bt. (1813–75) was a noted English thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. Life Hawley was born in Harley Street, London, on 27 October 1813 , the eldest in a family of ten children. His parents were Sir Henry Hawl ...

(1814–1875) *

Sir Henry James Hawley, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1815–1898) * Sir Henry Michael Hawley, 5th Baronet (1848–1909) * Sir Henry Cusack Wingfield Hawley, 6th Baronet (1876–1923) * Sir David Henry Hawley, 7th Baronet (1913–1988) *

Sir Henry Nicholas Hawley, 8th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1939–2015)

References

Sources

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Hawley Hawley 1644 establishments in England 1795 establishments in Great Britain