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  John Hawkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John was the son of William Hawkins the elder, by Joan Trelawny.
Hawkins pretended to be part of the Ridolfi plot to betray Queen Elizabeth in 1571.
Hawkins came to the public's attention again in June 2006, almost four and a half centuries after his death, when his descendant Andrew Hawkins publicly apologised for his ancestor's actions in the slave trade.
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 Sir John Hawkins
John Hawkins, the son of a merchant, was born in Plymouth in 1532.
In 1571 Hawkins was involved in a plot with Philip II to assassinate Elizabeth I.
Hawkins also showed concern for his men: "The men have long been unpaid and need relief." Charles Howard was also angry that his men had not received their wages.
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 Plymouth, Sir John Hawkins
John Hawkins was born in Plymouth in 1532, the son of William Hawkins, a wealthy captain, ship-owner and merchant.
John Hawkins was appointed joint Treasurer of the Navy with his father-in-law in about 1572 but Benjamin Gonson died soon afterwards and Hawkins inherited the post full-time.
Hawkins commanded the rear squadron at Plymouth when the approach of the Armada was spotted and for his action against that ill-fated fleet he was knighted by the Lord Admiral, Lord Howard of Effingham, aboard the "Ark Royal".
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 Admiral John HAWKINS (Sir)
John Hawkins' second voyage had the backing of Elizabeth, the earls of Leicester and Pembroke, and Lord Admiral of England, Edward Fiennes Clinton, plus Gonson, Winters and some Londoners.
In 1566, Elizabeth had a financial stake in John Hawkins' second voyage of plunder, which was undertaken in defiance of views of the Spanish.
In 1571 Hawkins was involved in a plot with Felipe II to assassinate Elizabeth I.
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 John Hawkins
A John Hawkins was said to have represented Fayette County in the Virginia Legislature while Kentucky was still a part of Virginia, and later represented Fayette County in the first General Assembly in Kentucky.
There was a John Hawkins appointed as one of the Jessamine County commissioners to value certain lands taken by the sheriff under execution.
A John Hawkins served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1806 and 1811.
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 John Hawkins, Sir Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Hawkins was forced to abandon most of his companions, goods, and ships and, after an agonizing passage, reached England in January 1569.
Hawkins prospered in his new posts; while his ethics were certainly questionable, he made many improvements in naval construction.
Hawkins willed a large sum of money to Elizabeth, but his most valuable legacy was to the nation as a whole: the eminently seaworthy ships he had designed and built.
www.bookrags.com /biography/john-hawkins-sir   (838 words)

  
 Samuel Johnson's Last Years: Introduction
Hawkins' biography was available in two forms: as one volume in a set of Johnson's collected works, and as an independent volume.
Hawkins knew Johnson from the early 1740's, when both were contributors to The Gentleman's Magazine; thus, he saw Johnson in Grub Street from the vantage point of being in Grub Street himself.
Hawkins raise objections on three grounds: it's overly generous for a servant; it's overly generous due to Barber's race (Hawkins himself writes that his argument is a caveat against "favour to negroes"); and third, Johnson seemed to ignore a relative in his will.
www.samueljohnson.com /hawkins/intro.html   (1172 words)

  
 Hawkins, Sir John - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hawkins set out on a similar expedition in 1567, but he fell afoul of a Spanish squadron in San Juan de Ulúa, the port of Veracruz, and barely escaped with three of his boats, one of which was commanded by his kinsman Francis Drake.
Probably acting as an agent for Lord Burghley, Hawkins pretended to betray Queen Elizabeth I in offering (1571) his services to the Spanish, in order to obtain the release of prisoners and to discover plans for the proposed Spanish invasion of England.
In the great defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), Hawkins commanded the Victory and was knighted for his services.
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 John Hawkins Bio Sketch
John Pipes may have gone to court with Sarah because she was a relative, maybe even a daughter-in-law.
Both John and Sarah would have been in their teens at the time of Hiram's birth and they may have been thought to be too young to be forced into a "shotgun wedding." Sarah then married widower Isaac Southard by whom she had some children, and then Southard died about 1791.
John may have deserted her, going to Pennsylvania, where he had relatives, assumed the status of a "single man," eventually married, and had a family.
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 John Hawkins
John Hawkins (or Hawkyns) was born in Plymouth in 1532, the son of a wealthy sea captain.
John Hawkins' second voyage two years later was equally profitable, but a third trip met disaster off the coast of Mexico in 1568.
John Hawkins joined the expedition hoping to rescue his only son, Richard, who was held captive by the Spanish in Lima, Peru.
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 Sir John Hawkins. Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers & Swashbucklers. Castlebound Enterprises. (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hawkins course was the same as his last expedition, but this time Drake (who had joined the expedition) received command of a captured Portuguese ship, and Hawkins was forced to take hostages at Rio de la Hacha as well as burning part of the town to make the Spanish permit trade.
Hawkins' days as a slaver were over and he settled into the title of Treasurer of the Navy in 1577.
Hawkins was knighted for his performance in the foray.
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 Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Sir John Hawkins (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
English admiral, was the son of William Hawkins, mayor of Plymouth, and the cousin of Sir Francis Drake.
The Hawkins family had traded with West Africa for some years before John, on his first voyage to Hispaniola (Haiti) in 1562, extended trade to the transport of slaves between Africa and the Spanish West Indies.
Hawkins was the architect of the Elizabethan Navy.
www.vamos-wentworth.org.cob-web.org:8888 /seadog/?subject=jhawkins   (504 words)

  
 I354: John HAWKINS ( - ABOUT 1786)
JOHN HAWKINS, eldest son of JOSEPH and JANE (NICHOLAS) HAWKINS, was born February 14, 1733.
Hawkins reasons that Shearer's John Hawkins of Hanover county was actually the son of William Hawkins (and Mary Langford), the brother of the Joseph she asserted was his father.
Hawkins cites information indicating that our John was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was not the Captain John Hawkins, of the 5th Maryland Regiment in the Revolutionary War mentioned in the Shearer biography.
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 Meet John Hawkins
John Hawkins, President and Founder of Leadership Lifestyle and Leadership Edge Inc. has helped corporations, university students and organizational leaders across America wrestle with the issue of developing a leadership lifestyle.  John believes that this is essential for effective, long-term leadership in today's chaotic organizations and corporations.
John is a 1998 graduate of the Harvard University Master Class for Leadership Educators at the Kennedy School of Government.  Executive Excellence and Personal Excellence journals, as well as the New York Times Business Section have featured John's writing and advice on leadership.
John has served as a founding member of the Duke University Interfraternity Council Board of Advisors.  In that capacity he designed and facilitated leadership development programs for the Duke fraternity system.  In the Spring of 2000, John was awarded the William J. Maschke Award as a result of the impact of his leadership development programs.
www.leadershiplifestyle.com /meetjohnhawkins.htm   (359 words)

  
 Sir John Hawkins
HAWKINS, Sir John, navigator, born in Plymouth, England, in 1520; died at sea, 21 November, 1595.
John was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his success in the same enterprise.
John Hawkins to the Partes of Guynea and the West Indies, 1567-'8" (London, 1569).
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 Hawkins
John Hawkins held lands in thetown undertheCorporation before 1480, and was d e a d b y or before 1490,when hisheirsheld them.
This was before the Hawkinses were at Tavist o c k.WilliamHawkins, son of John Hawkins (who had lived at Tavistock),andJoan,daughte r o f W i lliam Amadas, of Launceston, was born probablyatPlymouthtowards the end of the fift een t h c entury.
John Hawkins, younger son of John and Mary Dewe, b.ca1680,emigratedto Virginia c a 1 7 0 5, settled at St. Anne's Parish,EssexCo.
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 John Hawkins
John Hawkins was one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan Age, having left his mark as a slave trader, privateer, rear admiral, double agent, and noted shipbuilder.
Hawkins met with initial success by selling his cargo of slaves, but was forced to put in to the Spanish port at Veracruz for repairs.
Hawkins was a rear admiral aboard the Victory and third in command during the confrontation with the Spanish Armada (1588).
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 HOASM: Sir John Hawkins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Studied architecture under Edward Hoppins, law and literature with John Scott; began a practice as an attorney in 1742.
His General History of Music, issued in 1776, was the result of' years of research; though the initial response to it was positive, it soon became the target of attacks by the associates of Burney, who had published his history a few months before.
From "The Life of Samuel Johnson", by Sir John Hawkins ed.
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 John Hawkins Memorial Page
John was an Irishman from Cork, one of whose distinguishing features was a decent mastery of German, albeit with a sachsische twang.
On John's assurance, I followed their line into a steep, stiff section, failed to find the moves, burned out my arms and was left hanging from gear and cursing.
John had done the heavy lifting, leading the 7a pitch on pure aid where we couldn't haul packs, and electing to haul me up, gasping and hypothermic, in his wake.
www.climbing.ie /gallery/jh/hawkins.html   (3440 words)

  
 Generation Partners - Our Team
John Hawkins is Managing Partner and co-founder of Generation Partners.
Hawkins was a General Partner of Burr, Egan, Deleage and Co., a venture capital firm which he joined in 1987.
Hawkins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English with honors from Harvard College in 1982, where he was a John Harvard Scholar.
www.genpartners.com /team_bio_jh.html   (186 words)

  
 Meet John Hawkins - iCrossing´s Board of Directors: iCrossing, we´re for finding.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hawkins was a founder of Generation Partners and has been a Managing Partner since 1995.
Hawkins was a summer associate at Salomon Brothers Inc in New York in 1985.
Hawkins graduated with an honors B.A. in English from Harvard College as a John Harvard Scholar and received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1986.
www.icrossing.com /people/?bio=john_hawkins   (202 words)

  
 Election 2004 Debate 3: Jeff Seemann and John Hawkins @ Blogcritics.org
John Kerry said the war was a mistake, it was the "wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time".
John Hawkins: When Bush came into office, he had to deal with a recession that started almost as he got there, the bursting of the tech bubble, which started before he got there, those huge corporate accounting scandals, which started before he got there, and 9/11.
John Hawkins: Income tax cuts have to be disproportionately in favor of the wealthy because they pay such a huge percentage of taxes.
blogcritics.org /archives/2004/10/13/162442.php   (6991 words)

  
 John Kerry: Wrong Man, Wrong Time, Wrong Party - John Hawkins - MensNewsDaily.com™
John Kerry's waffling on the war on terrorism is almost entirely based on politics.
If John Kerry came to the conclusion that being pro-war in Iraq gave him a better chance of being elected, his position would change, just like that -- and it has many times.
That's quite a shift from John Kerry who has shown time and time again that he's willing to radically change where he stands on national security to reflect what he thinks is the popular opinion of the moment.
www.mensnewsdaily.com /archive/h/hawkins/2004/hawkins100704.htm   (784 words)

  
 Leadership Lifestyle Front Page
Leadership As a Lifestyle, the book, is a practical, inside-out explanation of leadership that is empowered by one's life rather than one's position.  This book presents an approach that will broaden your understanding of long-term leadership and give insight in becoming a leader who deserves and receives respect.
John Hawkins' book, "Leadership as a Lifestyle", is now available at 20% discount price.
John is President of Leadership Edge Inc. Click here to visit the Leadership Edge website.
www.leadershiplifestyle.com   (160 words)

  
 History of John Hawkins
John Hawkins told them "yes, there are, along the Nile, the strongest people and the most wisest that ever lived yet, they had never been lied to." The Queen appointed John Hawkins the job of getting them into the United States.
JOHN Hawkins one day sailed along the the Nile.
We knew every inch of the planet, but when the rumor started we fell for it, prophecy had to be fulfilled, we went aboard John Hawkin's ship and this was to discuss the place and get a better picture of it and better understanding.
www.thenationofislam.org /Johnhawkins.html   (1792 words)

  
 I356: John HAWKINS (ABOUT 1754 - 24 Sep 1832)
I John Hawkins of the County of Marion State of Indiana
I have also documented this same land sold by John Hawkins and his wife Elizabeth to Benjamin Hawkins in 1825 as well as land sold by Jacob and William Varner to Benjamin in 1831.
Also it seems that he is the same John Hawkins which you referenced in your e-mail to Weldbank.
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 Admiral Sir John Hawkins 1532-1595 and Descendants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hawkins Descendants Notes: questions and contributions from Hawkins researchers.
Hawkins Bible Bible of Thomas Hawkins of Warrenton NC.
Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins and the Spanish Armada Historical notes.
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 Sir John Hawkins — Infoplease.com
Hawkins set out on a similar expedition in 1567, but he fell afoul of a Spanish squadron in San Juan de Ulúa, the port of Veracruz, and barely escaped with three of his boats, one of which was commanded by his kinsman Francis
Sir Richard Hawkins - Hawkins, Sir Richard, 1562?–1622, English admiral, son of Sir John Hawkins.
Walking the talk: Kevin Hawkins is outspoken about the quality of communications at the BRC.
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 John N. Hawkins
John N. Hawkins is Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is also the Chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, Editor of The Comparative Education Review, published by the University of Chicago Press, and Director of the Center for International and Development Education (CIDE).
Dr. Hawkins received his B.A. with Honors in Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii, his M.A. in East Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. in East Asian Studies and Comparative Education from Vanderbilt University, George Peabody College.
www.gseis.ucla.edu /faculty/hawkins   (156 words)

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