DescriptionMonument to Admiral Lord Hawke - St Nicolas church, North Stoneham (geograph 2691538).jpg
English: Monument to Admiral Lord Hawke - St Nicolas' church, North Stoneham. In 1737 he married Catherine Brooke, the only the daughter and sole heiress[1] of Walter Brooke (1695-1722)[2] of Burton Hall near Hull[3] and of Gateforth Hall[4] in Yorkshire, by his wife Catherine Hammond (d.1721) daughter and heiress of William Hammond of Scarthingwell Hall,[3] in the parish of Towton, Yorkshire.[5][6] Hawke made his home at Scarthingwell Hall and took for his barony the territorial designation "of Towton" from the parish in which it was situated.
Arms: Arms, as quartered by the descendants of Admiral Lord Hawke: Quarterly 1st and 4th argent, a chevron erminois between three boatswain's whistles purple (Hawke), 2nd and 3rd grand-quarter quarterly, 1st and 4th or, a cross engrailed gules (Brooke), 2nd and 3rd argent, a chevron engrailed sable between three mullets sable (Hammond of Scarthingwell, a Brooke heiress).
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↑Walter Brooke. The Peerage. Retrieved on 6 January 2020. As an heiress he bore her arms as an inescutcheon of pretence, as is visible on his monument in St Nicolas church, North Stoneham
↑Son of Calisthenes Brooke (1664-1737) of Gateforth; Walter Brooke was buried at Saxton; Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates ...
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