Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (baptized 8 August 1759[1] – 22 November 1835) was an English novelist, associated with Twickenham.
She was the daughter of Sir John Hawkins, an acquaintance of Samuel Johnson.
Addressed to Miss H.M. Williams, with particular reference to Her Letters from France, a two-volume attack on Helen Maria Williams's Continental political writings in her Letters Written in France.
[3] The Analytical Review, a liberal paper, described Hawkins' Letters as a 'rant [...] written with much ill temper'.
[4] She wrote at least four novels, including The Countess and Gertrude (1811), and she also acted as an amanuensis for her father.