William Hawkins | |
|---|---|
| In office ?–1613 | |
| Monarch | James VI and I |
| In office 1609–1611 | |
| Monarch | Jahangir |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1613 Ireland |
| Spouse(s) | Unknown (m.) Mary Halse (m.) |
| Children | Mariam Khan |
| Parent | William Hawkins |
| Occupation | Merchant Sea captain Mansabdar |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of England&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg){kind=small} East India Company&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire.png){kind=small} Mughal Empire |
Sir William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600) was a representative of the English East India Company notable for being the commander of Hector, the first company ship to anchor at Surat in India on 24 August 1608.
Hawkins travelled to and met a Mughal empire ruler Jahangir in 1609.[1]
- ^ Marshall, P J (1998). Canny, Nicholas (ed.). The Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol 1: The Origins of Empire, British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-19-820562-7.