Peter Hawker

(1786 c.-1853)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hawker, Peter, 1786-1853 LBT ID: PeHawke1853 VIAF ID: 44140419 LOC ID: nr88002859	B/BAP: 1786 DIED: 1853-09-07
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (September 1853) 313-14; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Gunsmith and author; after service as a captain in the Peninsular War he was lieutenant-colonel of the North Hampshire Militia.
REFERENCES TO Peter Hawker: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 16 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 11