William Henry Bartleman Hawes

Death registration, Holborn, 1857

A family-supplied transcription from the England & Wales FreeBMD Death Index records “William Henry battle an Hawes” in Holborn in the October–December quarter of 1857, volume 1b, page 309. The unusual middle-name rendering appears to be a transcription error for Bartleman, making this a strong candidate for William Henry Bartleman Hawes’s death entry. The original index image and death certificate have not yet been inspected. The index establishes a registration quarter and district, not an exact death date or address.

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Education

Joseph Foster’s Alumni Oxonienses records him as a New College chorister from 1821 to 1828 and as matriculating at Worcester College on 10 June 1830, aged eighteen.

The Strand surgery

A published 1852 London commercial directory lists “Hawes William H. B. surgeon, 406 Strand.” A family recollection identifies 243 Strand, but that address has not independently been established.

A second entry in the same 1852 directory, in the Court Directory section (p. 1621), lists William H. B. Hawes, esq., at 406 Strand. These are two sections of one directory, rather than independent publications. View Court Directory entry →

Bankruptcy and later life

The original London Gazette notice, published on 13 October 1854 (issue 21609, p. 3109), records a petition dated 10 October 1854 against William Henry Bartleman Hawes of 406 Strand, Middlesex, chemist and druggist. He had been declared bankrupt and was required to attend the Court of Bankruptcy in Basinghall Street on 24 October at noon and 25 November at 1.30 p.m., before Commissioner Edward Goulburn.

The official assignee was Isaac Nicholson, 24 Basinghall Street; his solicitor was Charles Sawbridge, 126 Wood Street, City. The notice establishes the business address and formal proceedings, but does not state the amount of debt, its cause or the eventual outcome. The family records place his death in 1857.

Original Gazette bankruptcy notice, 13 October 1854, p. 3109 →

Family register, 1844–1895

An original family-held handwritten compilation of civil registration details names at least five children of William Henry Bartleman Hawes and Sophia Maria Davison Hawes formerly Day: William Edward Wilson (born 1844), Elizabeth Louisa Georgina (born 1846), Richard Wesley Dowling (1848–1849), Mary Emma (1850–1893) and Caroline Maria (born 1853). It includes the parents’ marriage abstract, the death of Sophia in Stockwell in February 1895, and evidence of William’s Strand surgery. These are copied abstracts; their details should be checked against GRO certificates.

Unanswered questions

The manuscript repeatedly describes Sophia as Sophia Maria Davison Hawes formerly Day, which may resolve the duplicate Sophia entries in the family records. The precise marriage year and the status of Davison as a middle name still require checking against the underlying certificates. William’s association with Elizabeth Fry or Charing Cross Hospital is also unverified.