Memorials and Monuments in the Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth (Colonel Peter Hawker)

Location
On the North wall of the nave, to the south of the aisle.

Description
This memorial is in very poor condition and only partially legible. The inscription is taken from the 1874 guide.

Memorial
Colonel Peter Hawker

Inscription

NEAR THIS PLACE
LYETH THE BODY OF
COLONEL PETER HAWKER
LATE LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF PORTSMOUTH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
5TH DAY OF JANUARY 1732
IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
THE ABOVE TABLET WAS REPAIRED IN 1838
BY HIS GREAT GRANDSON
COLONEL PETER HAWKER

Further Information
Peter Hawker was born in 1673 and married Elizabeth Hyde in 1698 in Morpeth, Northumberland. In 1715 he is recorded as being Lieut. Colonel in the Dragoons. Two years later he took up the post of Governor of Portsmouth. He resided in Longparish, Hants. where he died on 5 Jan 1732.

Royal Garrison Church- Colonel Peter Hawker -

Royal Garrison Church
- Colonel Peter Hawker -