Hawker, Robert Stephen, Vicar of Morwenstow

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Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-75), vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall, was a poet and antiquary. Mrs Watson (d. 1875) was his benefactress. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography .

From the guide to the Microfilm of the letters of Robert Stephen Hawker to Mrs Watson, 20th century (copies of originals, 1856-62), (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library)

Epithet: Vicar of Morwenstow

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referencedIn Vol. CCXCVII (ff. 373). Aug.-Dec. 1854.includes:ff. 1, 3, 10, 14, 34, 49, 70 Edward Stokes, of Christ Church, Oxford: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1854-1857. ff. 5, 352, 359 John O'Connell, MP: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1854. ff. 7, 288 Si... British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXII (ff. 296). [Aug. 1847-Mar. 1848]-1856.includes:ff. 1, 5 Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB; Clerk of the Parliaments: Letter to H. Addington: 1847-1848: Drafts.ff. 1, 5 Henry Unwin Addington, Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office: Le... British Library
creatorOf Microfilm of the letters of Robert Stephen Hawker to Mrs Watson, 20th century (copies of originals, 1856-62) Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn NOTE-BOOK of R[obert] S[tephen] H[awker], Vicar of Morwenstow, co. Cornwall, poet and antiquary; 1860. The contents consist of jottings on religious and kindred subjects. For Hawker's own account of his note-books see The Life and Letters of R. S. Ha..., 1860 British Library
referencedIn "AN ACCOUNT of Shipwraks on the north coast of Cornwall in the Bristol Channel," since 1756, by John Bray, "88 years of age," written, in 1832, at the request of Rev. R. S. Hawker, vicar of Morwenstow. Followed by (a) "Appendix. No. 1. A List of Vess..., 1832 British Library
referencedIn "REVIEW of Gould's Life of Hawker": a collection of papers and letters, relating mainly to memoirs of Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker, vicar of Morwenstow, co. Cornwall (d. 1875), especially that by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, then rector of East Mersea, an..., 1876 British Library
creatorOf WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLVII. Biographical material: 18th-20th cent. Partly copies. Some French. Partial contents list, ff. 1-2. W.D.63. Paper; ff. 451+(144*, 187*, 308*). Contents: 1. ff. 1-95. Papers of and relating to Sir Grafton Elliot Smith;..., 18th century-20th century British Library
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