ORIGINAL MEMBERS. 101 



The Rev. W. H. HAWKER. 



The Rev. William Henry Hawker, of Ashford Lodge, near 

 Petersfield, vicar of the parish of Stee^D, in which his property 

 Avas situated, although not an actual contributor to ' The 

 ' Ibis ■' was a personal friend of many of us, and an ardent 

 supporter of natural science. He was, moreover_, one of the 

 original members of the British Ornithologists' Union. 



Mr. Hawker was the fifth son of the late Admiral Hawker, 

 and was born in Dec. 1827. He was educated at Rugby and 

 Trinity College, Cambridge, and, after taking his degree, 

 studied at Wells for the Church, After taking Orders, he 

 ■was for some years curate of Idsworth, near Horndean, in 

 the south of Hampshire, and removed to Ashford some time 

 after succeeding to that property in 1860. Mr. Hawker was 

 owner of a considerable collection of British birds and 

 insects ; he was an ardent entomologist and an excellent 

 botanical collector. He made frequent excursions in various 

 parts of Europe, particularly in Norway, Switzerland, the 

 Maritime Alps of Savoy, and the Islands of Corsica and 

 Sardinia. He was an active member of the Alpine Club, and 

 contributed several valuable papers to the '^ Alpine Journal,^ 

 among which we may mention an account of his travels in 

 Corsica in the spring of 1866, as containing much matter 

 interesting to naturalists. He was a good sportsman, a 

 keen shot and fisherman. Mr, Hawker died, after a short 

 illness, on the 26th of May, 1874, at the early age of forty-six 

 years. 



