A treaty cruiser based on armoured-cruiser precedent

What might treaty cruisers look like if the Washington limits followed late armoured cruisers instead of the Hawkins class?

A likely British design would be larger and better protected, with about eight 9.2-inch guns and roughly six inches of armour.

The suggested starting point is about 14,500 tons rather than the historical Hawkins-derived limit. Four twin 9.2-inch turrets are judged the likeliest armament, with a nine-gun arrangement also possible. The added displacement would support armour closer to six inches instead of the thinner protection associated with historical treaty cruisers. This remains a design counterfactual rather than a surviving programme.