Sir Cæsar Hawkins, 1st Baronet

Sir Caesar Hawkins, 1st Baronet (1711–1786) was a surgeon and baronet.

Portrait by William Hogarth.

Hawkins was a surgeon in St. George's Hospital from 1736 to 1774. He was a sergeant-surgeon to George II and George III of Great Britain and Ireland. He was created the first of the Hawkins baronets in 1778. He invented the cutting gorget.

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