NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hawes, B. (Benjamin), 1797-1862 NRA: Hawes Sir Benjamin (1797-1862) Knight Politician DNB: Hawes, Sir Benjamin (1797-1862), politician LBT ID: BeHawes1862 VIAF ID: 36011913 LOC ID: 100218964 | B/BAP: 1797 DIED: 1862-05-15 |
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Son of Benjamin Hawes (1770-1861) a Lambeth soap-boiler, and grandson of the
philanthropist William Hawes (d. 1808), he was a radical MP (1832-47) and under-secretary
for war (1857-62). | |