Robert Hawker

Robert Hawker (1753–1827) was an Anglican priest in Devon, vicar of Charles Church, Plymouth.

Called "Star of the West" for his popular preaching, he was known as an evangelical and author.

The Cornish poet Robert Stephen Hawker was his grandson.

He was married aged 19 to Anna Rains,[1] and they had eight children altogether.

Hawker studied medicine in Plymouth under Samuel White of Bretonside, and joined the Royal Marines as assistant surgeon.