Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins TD (7 August 1912 – 29 December 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Hawkins was born at Downham Market and was educated at Cheltenham College.[1] He was a livestock auctioneer and chartered surveyor, and served as a councillor on Norfolk County Council. He joined the Territorial Army (TA) and served during World War II with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, a TA unit, although his active service was brief as he was captured at Saint-Valery-en-Caux during the final stages of the Battle of France in 1940 and spent the next five years as a prisoner of war.[2]
Hawkins was Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1964 to 1987 when he retired. Future minister Gillian Shephard was his successor. Sir Paul was a Government Whip under Edward Heath (1970–1974), serving as an assistant whip 1970–1971, a Lord of the Treasury 1971–1973, and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1973–1974. He was knighted in 1982.[3]
References
edit- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966, 1983 &1987
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Paul Hawkins". TheGuardian.com. 5 March 2003.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Paul Hawkins". TheGuardian.com. 5 March 2003.
- ^ "No. 49120". The London Gazette. 24 September 1982. p. 12413.
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