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1820 . Aug 12 , at Edghaston , in Warwickshire , Mr . Thomas Lakin Hawkes , younger son of the Rev . William Hawkes , formerly one of the ministers of the congregation of the New Meeting-House in Birmingham . * ft was a particularly impressive circumstance that the subject of this article of Obituary survived his
brother + only eleven days . In many of the leading features of their characters they bore a strong resemblance to each other ; both being distinguished by clearness of perception , by accuracy of taste , by a sound , discriminating judgment , by the
selectness and propriety of language in which they communicated their thoughts , by an utter aversion from ostentation and parade , and by their comprehensive views of truth and duty . The mind of Mr . T . JL . Hawkes was not ordinarily endowed and cultivated . Had he been destined
for any of the learned professions , he would have adorned it by the qualities just enumerated . Part of his education he received at Daventry , where he en-Jtered as a lay-student , under the superintendence of the Rev . Thomas Robins : in this seminary he added to his stock of knowledge , and formed some valuable connexions ; and much is it to be wished
that . more of the sons of Dissenting fami&l ^ in a certain rank of life were inmates of our colleges , § previously to their engaging in civil occupations . Mr . T . L . Hawkes ' s regard to religious liberty , was not the less enlightened , firm and consistent as the effect of the impressions then made upon him : while at this interesting period he became more qualified for the honourable and useful services
which marked his future years , and was providing fresh resources for seasons of retirement and languor . By his habits of reading and inquiry , by his taste for general literature and science , by his exact acquaintance with the evidences of Religion , both Natural and Revealed ,
with its spirit and its principles , and by his happy manner of conveying instruction , he was enabled to fulfil with great success the obligations of a parent : nor will his numerous offspring cease to bless his memory , and to act upon his counsels as their rule of conduct . The loss of
* Mon . Repos . IV . 659 . t Ib . XV . 689 , &c . t Tb . V . 308 , 362 , &c . § Ib . X . 286 , &c .
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him is felt , however , far beyond the domestic circle . He was , in the best sense of the expression , public man : and the talents , intelligence and virtues , by the fruits of which he secured the gratitude of his family and friends , he consecrated in no small degree to the benefit of society . No injuries which he
suffered from any class of his neighbours , * checked his ardent efforts for their welfare . In conjunction with the late Matthew Boulton , Esq ., and with Dr . George Milne , he planned , in the year 1792 , one of the most useful and nourishing of those charitable institutions which do so much honour to the town
of Birmingham—its Dispensary Over the concerns too of the Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Children , which , a few years since , was established in the vicinity of his residence , he watched with eminent judgment and assiduity . He has left a
vacancy that will not easily be supplied . In the mean time , to his survivors belong the consolations afforded by fond remembrance , and by hopes more animating and stable than any which have their basis and their termination in this infancy of our being .
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Sir , Permit me , in your interesting Obituary , to record a few particulars respecting my late highly esteemed friend , and your valuable correspondent , the Rev . Thomas Howe , whose death was briefly announced in your last Number [ XV , 682 ] .
This melancholy event took place on Wednesday the 15 th of November . He had for several months been afflicted with shortness of breath and occasional spasms , supposed to be the effect of water in the chest , and which had been repeatedly relieved by medical assistance . Though
fully apprized of the alaiming nature of his disease , he uniformly preserved his wonted serenity and cheerfulness , and was not interrupted more than one Sabbath in the discharge of his ministerial
duties . During the two last weeks , he had had no return of the paroxisms , and appeared remarkably comfortable . On the very day on which he died , he dined and spent the afternoon with a friend , who in the evening attended him home
* His house and furniture were nearly destroyed in the Riot in 1791 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page 52, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/52/
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