A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hawke, Bladen Edward
HAWKE. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Bladen Edward Hawke, born 14 March, 1820, is second and youngest son of the Hon. Martin Bladen Edw. Hawke, by Hannah, only daughter of Thos. Nisbet, Esq., of Mersington; and first-cousin of the present Lord Hawke.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1833; passed his examination 18 Nov. 1839; studied next for many months at the Royal Naval College; and from the early part of 1842, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 24 Feb. 1844, served as Mate of the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on the East India station. He then, until the following summer, officiated as Additional of the Agincourt 72, flagship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; but has since been on half-pay.