Geoffrey Hawkins

Geoffrey Hawkins
Sir; Geoffrey Hawkins
Born	13 July 1895
Died	5 October 1980 (aged 85)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Queen of Bermuda; HMS Kent; Malta Dockyard
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Member of the Royal Victorian Order; Distinguished Service Cross
Spouse(s)	Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott (m. 1926; died 1976)
Children	3

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins KBE CB MVO DSC (13 July 1895 – 5 October 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta.

Naval career

Hawkins was promoted to midshipman on 15 January 1913 and served in the First World War.[1] He also served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Queen of Bermuda in December 1939, Chief Staff Officer, Gibraltar in June 1941[2] and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Kent in July 1943.[3] He went on to be Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth in May 1945, Vice-Controller of the Navy in June 1947 and Flag Officer, Malta in July 1950.[2]

Marriage and family

He married Lady Margaret Ida Montagu Douglas Scott on 16 February 1926. Lady Margaret (known as Mida among family)[4] was the eldest daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Her younger sister was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. She was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, at the time of her marriage, and as the Earl and Countess of Athlone were living in Cape Town, the Earl being Governor General of South Africa, the marriage between Lady Margaret and Commander Hawkins took place in a newly built cathedral in Cape Town.[4] The bride's maternal uncle, Colonel Harry Bridgeman, gave her away and young Lady Alice (future Duchess of Gloucester) attended the wedding and was a guest of the newlyweds for awhile.[4]

The marriage produced three children:

(Alice) Anne Hawkins (31 March 1928 – 28 October 2016); she married Commander Michael Edward St. Quintin Wall (25 August 1926 – 5 October 2017) on 27 June 1975.
Renira Margaret Ida Hawkins (born 29 September 1930); she married Alistair Allan Horne (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017) on 28 November 1953 (their marriage was dissolved), and had three daughters.
James Walter Hawkins (born 16 March 1933)

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References

"Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins DSC, RN". U Boat.net. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alice (1983). The Memoirs of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. London: Harper Collins. p. 59.

Military offices
Preceded by Philip Clarke	Flag Officer, Malta 1950–1952	Succeeded by Jocelyn Salter

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[uboat-1] "Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins DSC, RN". U Boat.net. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[appoints-2] "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[3] "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[alicegloucester-4] Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alice (1983). The Memoirs of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. London: Harper Collins. p. 59.