Francis Hawley, 2nd Baron Hawley

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Francis Hawley, 2nd Baron Hawley (c. 1673 – 30 May 1743), was a British landowner and politician. He inherited the title of Baron Hawley from his grandfather in 1684 and gained large estates in Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. Because the barony was Irish, it did not give him a seat in the English House of Lords. He tried to enter Parliament for Somerset in 1705 but was unsuccessful, and later won a seat for Bramber in 1713, serving until 1715. He did not stand for Parliament again after 1715. He married twice: first to Lady Elizabeth Ramsay in 1697 (she died in 1713), and then to Elizabeth Hayes in 1718. He died in May 1743 and was survived by his son Francis from his second marriage. Lady Hawley died in 1745.