Biography
Education
Joseph Foster’s Alumni Oxonienses records him as a New College chorister from 1821 to 1828 and as matriculating at Worcester College on 10 June 1830, aged eighteen.
The Strand surgery
A published 1852 London commercial directory lists “Hawes William H. B. surgeon, 406 Strand.” A family recollection identifies 243 Strand, but that address has not independently been established.
Bankruptcy and later life
A notice in The Spectator dated 14 October 1854 lists him as a chemist on the Strand in bankruptcy proceedings. The family tree records his death in October 1857.
Family register, 1844–1895
An original family-held handwritten compilation of civil registration details names at least five children of William Henry Bartleman Hawes and Sophia Maria Davison Hawes formerly Day: William Edward Wilson (born 1844), Elizabeth Louisa Georgina (born 1846), Richard Wesley Dowling (1848–1849), Mary Emma (1850–1893) and Caroline Maria (born 1853). It includes the parents’ marriage abstract, the death of Sophia in Stockwell in February 1895, and evidence of William’s Strand surgery. These are copied abstracts; their details should be checked against GRO certificates.
Unanswered questions
The manuscript repeatedly describes Sophia as Sophia Maria Davison Hawes formerly Day, which may resolve the duplicate Sophia entries in the GEDCOM. The precise marriage year and the status of Davison as a middle name still require checking against the underlying certificates. William’s association with Elizabeth Fry or Charing Cross Hospital is also unverified.
Original family records
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Further reading and sources
- Oxford university biographical register
- 1852 London commercial directory page
- The Spectator newspaper archive
This is a research biography, not a fully verified pedigree. Original photographs, contemporary records, later copies, GEDCOM assertions and family recollections are distinguished where their evidential status is known. Details of living descendants are omitted.