in the British Museum, 1812, &c., and completed and revised the Description of the Anglo-Gallic Coins in the British Museum, 1826, begun by Taylor Combe. Hawkins published in 1841 (London) The Silver Coins of England, the standard work on the subject (2nd and 3rd editions by Robert Lloyd Kenyon, 1876, and 1887). He also wrote a descriptive account of British medals, and an abridgment of part of this work (to the end of the reign of William III) was printed in 1852. The trustees of the British Museum declined to issue it, chiefly on account of several paragraphs in which Hawkins expressed his strong Protestant and Tory views. But when completed to the death of George II, and revised, with additions, by A. W. Franks and H. A. Grueber, it ultimately appeared as a British Museum publication in 1885, with the title Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 2 vols. It became a standard work on the subject. Hawkins had a close knowledge of British medals, and had formed a collection of them, which was purchased from him by the British Museum in 1860. He also formed a large collection of English political caricatures, which was purchased by the British Museum in 1868. Hawkins edited for the Chetham Society Sir William Brereton's Travels in Holland, 1844, and The Holy Lyfe … of Saynt Werburge, 1848. Family Hawkins married, on 29 September 1806, Eliza, daughter of Major Rohde, and had three sons and a daughter: Edward, Barrister (1815-1867); Rev. Herbert Samuel, (28 Sep 1818-5 Jan 1895) rector of Beyton, Suffolk; Major Rohde Hawkins, the architect; Mary Eliza, wife of John Robert Kenyon, Q.C. References Attribution External links Portrait bust at the British Museum by Richard Cockle Lucas. Chetham Society 1780 births People from Macclesfield 1867 deaths English bankers English numismatists English antiquarians Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Presidents of the Royal Numismatic Society 19th-century British businesspeople Chetham Society