Introduction

Biography

Ernest was the son of Henry Hawk­ins and Anne Gur­ney, and hus­band of So­phia Anna Le­froy (mar­ried July 29, 1852, St. Ma­ry’s, Be­ry­an­ston Square, Lon­don).

He was edu­cat­ed at Bal­li­ol Col­lege, Ox­ford (ma­tri­cu­lat­ed Ap­ril 19, 1820; BA 1842; MA 1827; BD June 14, 1839), and for a while was a Fel­low of Exe­ter Col­lege.

On tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came cur­ate at Bur­wash, Sus­sex; sub-li­bra­ri­an at the Bod­lei­an Lib­ra­ry, Ox­ford; cur­ate of St. George’s, Blooms­bu­ry; min­is­ter of Cur­zon Cha­pel, May­fair, Lon­don; pre­ben­da­ry of St. Paul’s; and Can­on of Wes­tmin­ster.

From 1838 to his death, he was sec­re­ta­ry to the So­ci­ety for the Pro­pa­ga­tion of the Gos­pel.

Works

• A Book of Fa­mi­ly Pray­ers, 1856
• The Book of Psalms with Ex­pla­na­to­ry Notes, 1857