Francis Hawley (MP For Corfe Castle)
Francis Hawley may refer to: * Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley, English politician, soldier and peer * 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 ...

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 served as Commissioner of Array in Somerset in 1642. During the Civil War, Hawley was the colonel of a Royalist cavalry regiment that he raised to serve under Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Between 1643 and 1644 he was the Deputy Governor of Bristol. He was created a baronet, of Buckland in the County of Somerset, in the Baronetage of England in 1644. On 8 July 1645, Charles I raised Hawley to the peerage as Baron Hawley in the Peerage of Ireland. In October 1645, he obtained the Speaker's licence to go into exile with the Prince, and was subsequently compounded for his estates in 1647 by Oliver Cromwell. Hawley returned to England upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He was a captain in the Royal Horse Guards, commanding a troo ...
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