Fern Hawkins: Harry Maguire's Wife, Age, Birthday and Kids

Fern Hawkins, who now goes by Fern Maguire, is the wife of Manchester United defender and England international Harry Maguire. The childhood sweethearts from Sheffield have been together since 2011, married in 2022 and have two daughters, Lillie Saint and Piper Rose.

As of November 2026, Harry is still at Manchester United, where he signed a one-year contract extension in April 2026. Fern, who turned 32 in July 2026, has a first-class degree in physiotherapy and keeps a fairly private life outside her Instagram account. Here is what is actually known about her, with the copy-paste rumours (net worth, measurements, a mystery brother) left out.

Who is Harry Maguire's wife?

Harry Maguire is married to Fern Hawkins. The couple have been together since they were teenagers: 19 June 2011 is the date given by both the Sheffield Star and Yorkshire Live. According to the Sheffield Star, they met while Harry was playing for Sheffield United, the club where he came through the academy and broke into the first team that same year.

Harry proposed on 17 February 2018, during a romantic weekend in Paris. Fern shared the news with a photo of a glass of bubbly in front of the Eiffel Tower and wrote that "Harry made me the happiest girl in the world & asked me to marry him in the most perfect way", adding the hashtag The Future Mrs Maguire.

As far as is publicly known, they are still married: we found no report of a separation, Fern celebrated their third wedding anniversary on Instagram in June 2025, and in May 2026 she publicly backed Harry after his England World Cup omission.

The 2022 weddings: Crewe and a French chateau

Harry and Fern actually said "I do" twice in 2022.

12 May 2022, Crewe Register Office. According to the Mirror, Harry left Manchester United's Carrington training ground after training and went straight to the register office in Crewe, where Fern was waiting. Only their closest family and friends knew about it beforehand.
25 June 2022, Château de Varennes, Burgundy. The big celebration took place at a chateau in the south of Burgundy, France. The Sheffield Star reported that their two daughters were flower girls, Harry's sister Daisy was maid of honour, and Megan Davison, the wife of England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, was one of the bridesmaids.

On 25 June 2025, Fern marked their third wedding anniversary with a wedding-day photo of the couple in front of a chateau, captioned simply "3 years".

Who is Fern Hawkins?

Fern Hawkins is a British woman from Sheffield, best known as Harry Maguire's wife and the mother of his two daughters. According to the Sheffield Star, she graduated in 2017 with a first-class honours Bachelor of Science degree in physiotherapy.

Many websites claim she runs her own business or works as a physio for a named clinic. We could not find a reliable report of where, or whether, she has practised since graduating, so we do not repeat those claims here. What is documented is that she has been with Harry through his whole professional career, from Sheffield United to Hull, Leicester and Manchester United, and that she regularly supports him at England tournaments while raising their two girls.

Fern Hawkins age and birthday

Fern Hawkins was born on 23 July 1994 in Sheffield. The Sheffield Star gave her birthday as 23 July and her age as 28 in November 2022, which points to 1994. That makes Fern 32 years old in November 2026, a little more than a year younger than Harry, who was born on 5 March 1993.

With a birthday on 23 July, Fern's zodiac sign is Leo by the usual dates (23 July to 22 August). Some sites attach personality traits to that, but that is astrology, not biography.

What is Fern Hawkins' height?

Fern's height has never been published by a reliable source. The height, weight and body measurements that circulate online come with no source at all, so we do not repeat them. For comparison, Harry is listed at 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in).

Fern Hawkins family and hometown

Fern was born and raised in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which is also Harry's hometown, and she is British. Her parents have not been named in any reliable report, and she keeps her family out of the public eye. Some biographies mention a brother, but we could not confirm it, so treat that as unverified.

Harry Maguire and Fern Hawkins' children

Harry and Fern have two daughters:

Lillie Saint Maguire, whose birth Harry announced on 3 April 2019. Fern called her "a little project I have been working on for the past 9 months". Lillie turned 7 in 2026.
Piper Rose Maguire, born on 9 May 2020, during the first Covid lockdown. Piper turned 6 in May 2026.

On Instagram, Fern welcomed Piper "to this crazy world" as their "second baby girl".

The couple have not announced a third child. Some sites mention a son, but we found no reliable report of one: as of November 2026, the Maguires have two daughters.

Harry Maguire's biggest fan

Fern is a regular in the stands. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, AFP photographers caught Harry kissing her after England's group game against Panama. The Sheffield Star reported that she was spotted at several of England's games during Euro 2020, and that she was at England's opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with their two daughters.

She also celebrates Harry's big moments online. In April 2024, the day after Harry scored at Wembley in Manchester United's FA Cup semi-final against Coventry, she posted a clip of him at the stadium with the caption "Loves a goal at Wembley".

When Harry was left out of England's World Cup squad in May 2026, Fern wrote on social media: "Beyond devastated for you. There was nothing else you could have possibly done to prove your worth."

The difficult moments: Mykonos and the 2022 bomb threat

The family's toughest headlines concern Harry, not Fern. In August 2020, Harry was arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos after a fight involving his group of family and friends. On 25 August 2020 a Greek court convicted him of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery and gave him a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days. He appealed straight away, which under Greek law cancelled that verdict and led to a retrial.

The retrial was postponed several times. On 4 March 2026, a Greek court convicted him again, this time of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery, and gave him a reduced suspended sentence of 15 months, according to Sky Sports. Harry has always denied any wrongdoing, and his lawyers said they would take the case to Greece's Supreme Court. As of November 2026, we could not find a report of a Supreme Court decision.

In April 2022, the Maguires' home in Cheshire was also the target of a bomb threat. Police searched the house and found nothing suspicious.

Who is Harry Maguire?

Harry Maguire is an English centre-back, born on 5 March 1993 in Sheffield. He is 33 years old in November 2026. His career timeline:

April 2011: First-team debut for Sheffield United, against Cardiff City, after coming through the club's academy.
July 2014: Joins Hull City, with a loan spell at Wigan Athletic in 2015.
June 2017: Joins Leicester City.
July 2018: Scores England's opening goal in the World Cup quarter-final win over Sweden; England reach the semi-finals in Russia.
August 2019: Joins Manchester United for a reported £80 million, a world-record fee for a defender at the time.
January 2020: Named Manchester United captain by Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
July 2021: Plays in the Euro 2020 final, which England lose to Italy on penalties.
July 2023: Loses the United captaincy under Erik ten Hag; Bruno Fernandes takes the armband.
April 2024: Scores in the FA Cup semi-final against Coventry at Wembley.
June 2024: Misses Euro 2024 with a calf injury.
October 2025: Heads the winner in a 2-1 win at Liverpool, United's first victory at Anfield since January 2016.
January 2026: Becomes a regular again under new head coach Michael Carrick, who later got the job on a permanent basis.
April 2026: Signs a one-year extension until June 2027, with the option of a further year.
May 2026: Left out of England's World Cup squad, a decision he said left him "shocked and gutted".

In April 2026, Manchester United's own channel sat down with Harry to talk about the new contract. The video below is that conversation, about the deal that keeps him at Old Trafford until at least June 2027.

For England, Harry had 66 caps and 7 goals as of 2026. After missing the World Cup, he was not in Thomas Tuchel's squad for the September-October 2026 Nations League matches either. At club level, he started the 2026/27 season as a regular in Carrick's defence.

If you follow the England squad, you can also read about Harry Kane's wife Katie Goodland and, from Harry's Manchester United years, Lisandro Martínez's partner Muri López Benítez.

Fern Hawkins net worth

There is no reliable figure for Fern Hawkins' net worth, and we have removed the $7 million estimate that appeared here before: it had no source. She has no documented business or public salary.

Harry's career is better documented than his pay. Manchester United paid Leicester a reported £80 million for him in 2019 and he has played for the club for seven years, but his wages, including under the 2026 extension, have never been officially published.

Fern Hawkins Instagram

Fern is on Instagram as @_fernmaguire (her old handle was @_fernhawkins). You can find her account here. The account has about 119,000 followers and just a few dozen posts: family holidays, wedding anniversaries, nights out and support for Harry on big match days.

Facts about Fern Hawkins

Full name today: Fern Maguire (born Fern Hawkins).
Birthday: 23 July 1994, in Sheffield. Age 32 in November 2026.
Zodiac sign: Leo.
Nationality: British.
Education: first-class honours BSc in physiotherapy, 2017.
Together with Harry Maguire since June 2011; engaged in Paris in February 2018.
Married on 12 May 2022 in Crewe and celebrated on 25 June 2022 in Burgundy, France.
Children: Lillie Saint (2019) and Piper Rose (2020).
Instagram: @_fernmaguire.