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Bob Hawke

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Birth Name: Robert James Lee Hawke

Place of Birth: Bordertown, South Australia, Australia

Date of Birth: December 9, 1929

Ethnicity: Cornish, some English

Bob Hawke is an Australian politician. A member of the Labor Party, he served as Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March, 1983 to 20 December, 1991. He was also a Member of the Australian Parliament for Wills, from 18 October, 1980 to 20 February, 1992, Leader of the Opposition, from 3, February 1983 to 11 March, 1983, and Leader of the Labor Party, from 3 February, 1983 to 20 December, 1991.

Prime Minister Hawke is the son of Edith Emily (Lee), a teacher, and Arthur Clarence “Clem” Hawke, a congregationalist minister.

All of Prime Minister Hawke’s great-grandparents were British immigrants; seven of them were from Cornwall and one maternal great-grandfather, George Broster, was from Cheshire, England. Thus, Prime Minister Hawke’s mother was of three quarters Cornish and one quarter English descent. His father also had one sixteenth English ancestry, apart from Cornish.

Prime Minister Hawke’s paternal grandparents were James Renfrey Hawke (the son of James Renfrey Hawke and Elizabeth Trewartha) and Elizabeth Ann Blinman Pascoe (the daughter of John Pascoe and Anne Dolbridge/Dalbridge). Prime Minister Hawke’s grandparents James and Elizabeth were both born in Australia, to parents from Cornwall.

Prime Minister Hawke’s maternal grandfather was William Lee (the son of John Lee and Elizabeth Jane Blewett). John and Elizabeth were both Cornish; John was from Redruth and Elizabeth from Tywardreath.

Prime Minister Hawke’s maternal grandmother was Matilda Broster (the son of George Broster and Elizabeth Chivell). George was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth was born in Truro, Cornwall.

Sources: Genealogy of Bob Hawke – http://www.wikitree.com

Genealogy of Bob Hawke (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Bob’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com


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