James Hakewill

The second son of John Hakewill, he was brought up as an architect, and exhibited some designs at the Royal Academy.

In 1820–1 he visited Jamaica, and subsequently published A Picturesque Tour in the Island of Jamaica, from his own drawings[1] In 1828 he published Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the Abattoirs in Paris, with considerations for their adoption in London.

He was engaged in some works at High Legh and Tatton Park, Cheshire, and in 1836 was a competitor for the erection of the new Houses of Parliament.

[1] In 1807, at St George's, Hanover Square, Hakewill married Maria Catherine, daughter of W. Browne of Green Street, Grosvenor Square, herself a well-known portrait-painter, and a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, who died in 1842.

He left four sons, Arthur William, Henry James, Frederick Charles, a portrait-painter, and Richard Whitworth.