The Hawkesworth Baronetcy (also Hawksworth and Hoxworth), of Hawksworth, near Guiseley in West Yorkshire, was a title in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

. It was created on 6 December 1678 for Walter Hawkesworth. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1721, and was twice president of the old masonic lodge at

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, later styled the

Grand Lodge of All England The Grand Lodge of All England ''Meeting since Time Immemorial in the City of York'' was a body of Freemasons which existed intermittently during the Eighteenth Century, mainly based in the City of York. It does not appear to have been a regulator ...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1735.University of Bradford
C. J. Scott, An enquiry into early Freemasonry at Bradford and . 1713–1873, 1911 paper (Web of Hiram), Retrieved 16 September 2013

Hawkesworth baronets, of Hawkesworth (1678)

*Sir Walter Hawkesworth, 1st Baronet (1660–1683) *Sir Walter Hawkesworth, 2nd Baronet (died 1735)

References

{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England