Alfred Hawkins, Assistant Curator of Historic Buildings, HM Tower of London & Banqueting House, Whitehall.
Position: Assistant Curator of Historic Buildings, HM Tower of London & Banqueting House, Whitehall
About
Alfred has worked in the commercial archaeology and heritage sectors as an archaeological researcher, archaeologist and, subsequently, a historic building specialist. Since 2018, Alfred has been Assistant Curator of Historic Buildings for HM Tower of London and the Banqueting House, Whitehall for Historic Royal Palaces and since 2023, Cathedral Archaeologist for Portsmouth Cathedral. At Historic Royal Palaces he has advised on large scale development projects including Beyond the Deepening Shadow and Superbloom alongside many other conservation projects across these sites.
Alfred is a specialist in the history, architecture and archaeology of the Tower and Banqueting House, archaeological best practice and human remains, building conservation, and ecclesiastic law, with a particular interest in the conservation and archaeology of Royal Peculiars and Cathedrals. Alongside this, Alfred regularly makes on screen appearances on HRP’s socials and documentaries including BBC2’S Digging for Britain, Channel 5’s Inside the Tower of London, and Discovery Channel’s Unearthed.
Select publications
Hawkins, A. R. J., ‘The Peculiar Case of a Royal Peculiar: A Problem of Faculty at the Tower of London’, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 24 (2022) pp. 345-363.
Hawkins, A. R. J., Faillace, K., Madgwick, R., Sidell, J., ‘Life, Death and Worship at His Majesties Tower of London: Excavations outside the Chapel Royal of Saint Peter ad Vincula’ (forthcoming).