Major Rohde Hawkins

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Major Rohde Hawkins
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Hawkins in middle age, ca 1860
Born4 February 1821
Nutfield, Surrey, England
Died19 October 1884
Holmwood, Surrey, England
Resting placeHolmwood, Surrey, England
NationalityEnglish
Education Thomas Cubitt; Edward Blore
OccupationArchitect
Employer(s)self-employed; Privy Council
SpouseMary Littledale Greenwood
Children–
Parent(s) Edward Hawkins, Eliza Rohde

Major Rohde Hawkins (born 4 February 1821 in Nutfield, Surrey; died 19 October 1884, Holmwood, Surrey) [1] was an English architect of the Victorian period. He is known for the schools and churches that he built.

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Note: Both his given names "Major" and "Rohde" frequently cause difficulty; he was not an army major, and Rohde was his mother's maiden name: she was of a German family.

Family life

Hawkins designed South Holmwood Church, and is buried there. St Mary Magdalene's Church, South Holmwood.jpg
Hawkins designed South Holmwood Church, and is buried there.

Hawkins was the third son of numismatist and keeper of antiquities at the British Museum, Edward Hawkins (1780–1867) and Eliza Rohde, who had married on 29 September 1806. [2]

Hawkins was educated at Charterhouse School from 1831 to 1837; the school was then still part of the London Charterhouse in Finsbury. [1]

He was engaged by John Greenwood, a Yorkshire mill owner and politician at Swarcliffe, to rebuild Swarcliffe Hall in 1848. [1] Hawkins became close enough to the Greenwood family to marry John Greenwood's granddaughter, Mary Littledale Greenwood of Holmwood, Surrey, [1] on 4 August 1853. [3] Mary was the younger sister of John Greenwood. [4] John Bowyer Nichols and sons, London, 1858. A friend of the Greenwoods wrote effusively: "Mr Hawkins married our great friend John Greenwoods sister. He is one of the 1st Architects of the day. He is the Government architect for all these schools &c &c." [5]

Hawkins and his wife Mary lived at Redlands, South Holmwood, [1] which he designed. [4] He and his wife are both buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Holmwood, which he also designed, and where there is a memorial window to him. [1]

He was gazetted as Captain in the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteer Corps on 25 February 1860. [6]

Career

The school of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (1859) is one of Hawkins's most impressive buildings. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building. Built 1859 - geograph.org.uk - 530163.jpg
The school of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (1859) is one of Hawkins's most impressive buildings.

Hawkins studied under the wealthy London architect Thomas Cubitt, [7] designer of Queen Victoria's Osborne House in the Isle of Wight. Hawkins then worked for the architect Edward Blore, designer of Buckingham Palace. [8] He then explored his father's interest in antiquities, spending time studying in Asia Minor (now Turkey). [9]

Hawkins is known today mainly for schools such as the Châteauesque Royal Victoria Patriotic Building in Wandsworth [10] and Gothic style churches. [9] The Builder described him as "both a skilful artist and a thorough English gentleman". [11]

From 1854 to his death he was employed as architect to the Privy Council's Education Department, alongside his private work. [9]

After his death, an auction of his "Objects of Art" on 9 June 1891 by Christie, Manson & Woods included ancient Chinese Cloisonné enamels, Japanese ivory carvings, bijouterie, old Persian, Venetian and French metal work, and Old Nankin, powdered blue and other enamelled Chinese porcelain. [12]

Buildings

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mary Littledale Greenwood. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography , Hawkins, Edward (1780–1867), numismatist and antiquary, by W. W. Wroth. 1891.
  3. ↑ Nichols, John Gough. The Topographer and genealogist (Volume 3).
  4. 1 2 "Redlands". Michael D. Heath-Caldwell (architect). Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Letter from E. Louisa Marsh re Hawkins. PB101067, dated ca 1856/7. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "The London Gazette" (PDF). 20 March 1860. pp. A2, 1139. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Architects and Artists". T Cubitt. Sussex Parish Churches. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Architects and Artists". E Blore. Sussex Parish Churches. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Architects and Artists". M R Hawkins. Sussex Parish Churches. 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  10. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: Former Royal Victoria Patriotic School, Wandsworth. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  11. ↑ Obituary, The Builder , 6 December 1884.
  12. ↑ "Sales by Auction" . Property. The Times. No. 33340. London. 2 June 1891. p. 16. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Families connected to Keighley history Archived 23 December 2012 at archive.today . Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  14. ↑ St Michael's, Mount Dinham, Exeter
  15. ↑ Cowley, Exeter, Grade II listed as "St Leonard's".
  16. ↑ "St John the Evangelist, Holmwood, Surrey". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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