HAWARDEN, EDWARD. — English theologian and controversialist, born at Croxteth (Lancashire) on 9 April 1662, died in London on 23 April 1735. He was a student and, after ordination to the priesthood (1686), a professor at the English College in Douai. Accused in Rome of Jansenism, though declared innocent, he resigned and in 1707 returned to England, where through preaching and writing he worked for the conversion of his fellow countrymen.
Notable was the controversy he successfully conducted against S. Clarive in the presence of Queen Caroline on the subject of the Most Holy Trinity. Among his works are: *The true Church of Christ, shewed by Concurrent testimonies of Scripture and primitive tradition* (London 1714); *The rule of faith truly stated in a new and easy method* (ibid. 1721); *Charity and truth* (Brussels 1728); *An answer to Dr. Clarke and mr. Whiston concerning the Divinity of the Son and the Holy Spirit* (London 1729); *Opera omnia* (Dublin 1808).