Sir John Hawkins

Sir John Hawkins (1530-1595) was an English navigator and admiral, born at Plymouth. He was rear-admiral of the fleet sent against the Armada and contributed to its defeat. He was the first Englishman to traffic in slaves, which he carried off from Africa and imported into the West Indies.

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Sir John Hawkins the attorney, Sir John Hawkwood, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Holt, Sir John Inglis, Sir John James Hugh Stewart-Murray Athole