HODGES, Sir William (eld. son of Wm. Hodges of Weymouth). b. Melcombe Regis, Dorset 29 Sep. 1808; ed. at Salisbury and London Univ.; barrister I.T. 3 May 1833; a revising barrister for Devon and Cornwall 1837–57; recorder of Poole, Dorset Nov. 1846 to Nov. 1857; drafted the Public health act 1848; chief justice of the Cape colony, judge of vice admiralty court, and president of legislative council 9 Feb. 1858 to death; knighted at Buckingham palace 3 Feb. 1858; author of Report of the case of the Queen v. Lumsdaine 1839; The law relating to the assessment of railways 1842; The statute law relating to railways 1845; A treatise on the law of railways 1855, 7 ed. 2 vols. 1888; with G. Williams and F. L. Wollaston Reports of cases in court of queen’s bench 1840 continued as Term Reports to 1841. d. Sea point house, Cape town 17 Aug. 1868.
HODGETTS, Foley John Hodgetts. b. Prestwood near Stourbridge 17 July 1797; took name of Hodgetts before that of Foley by r.l. 4 April 1821; M.P. for Droitwich 1822–34; contested Droitwich 1835; M.P. for East Worcestershire 1847 to death. d. Prestwood house, Stafford 13 Nov. 1861.
HODGKIN, John (2 son of John Hodgkin of Tottenham, Middlesex, grammarian 1766–1845). b. Pentonville, London 11 March 1800; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1825; practised as a conveyancer 1825–43; had numerous pupils; aimed at conciseness and brevity in documents; a preacher among the Friends, and a visitor to Ireland, France and America 1861; helped to prepare the Encumbered Estates act 1849; author of Observations on the establishment of a General Register of titles 1827. d. Bournemouth 3 July 1875. bur. Friends’ ground, Winchmore hill, Middlesex.
HODGKIN, Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Tottenham, Middlesex 17 Aug. 1798; studied at Guy’s hospital, in Paris and in Edin., M.D. Edin. 1823; settled in London; L.R.C.P.; curator of museum and professor of morbid anatomy, Guy’s hospital; on senate of Univ. of London 1837 to death; a founder of Aborigines protection soc. 1838; F.R.G.S.; Hodgkin’s disease is the name given to an enlargement of the lymphatic glands; author of An essay on medical education 1828; Hints relative to the cholera in London 1832; Lectures on the morbid anatomy of the serous and mucous membranes 2 vols. 1836–40; Lectures on the means of promoting and preserving health 1835, 2 ed. 1841; Narrative of a journey to Morocco in 1863, with portrait of author 1866 and 14 other works. d. while on a visit to Jaffa, Palestine 4 April 1866, Sir M. Montefiore erected an obelisk to his memory there. Medical Times, i, 403 (1866); Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. v, 250 (1867); Barker’s Photographs of Medical Men, ii, 73–6 (1868), portrait.
HODGKINSON, Eaton (son of Mr. Hodgkinson of Anderton, parish of Great Budworth, Cheshire, farmer, d. 1795). b. Anderton 26 Feb. 1789; ed. at Northwich gram. sch.; pawn broker, Salford, Manchester 1811; pupil of Dr. John Dalton of Manchester 1811; member of Manchester Lit. and Philos. society 1826, president 1848–50; F.R.S. 1841; professor of mechanical principles of engineering in Univ. coll. London 1847; hon. M.I.C.E. 1851; F.G.S.; experimented on strength and forms of iron beams and invented Hodgkinson’s beam; his paper on Strength of pillars of cast iron in Philos. Trans. obtained for him Royal soc. royal medal 1841; edited Practical essay on strength of cast iron, By T. Tredgold 5 ed. 1860. d. Eaglesfield house, Higher Broughton near Manchester 18 June 1861. Life of E. Hodgkinson in Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Philos. Soc. ii, 145 (1861); Proceedings of royal society, xii, 11–13 (1862); Minutes of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxi, 542–45 (1862).
HODGKINSON, Rev. George Christopher. b. 1816; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., 14 wrangler and B.A. 1837, M.A. 1842; principal R. Agric. coll. Cirencester; principal of York and Ripon Diocesan training institution to 1854; head master Louth gram. sch. 1854–76; sec. of National soc.; R. of Screveton, Notts. 1876 to death; an alpine climber; recommended use of aneroids in mountain expeditions; made astronomical observations on the summit of Mont Blanc; experimented on registering amount and intensity of sunshine; author of The doctrine of the church. And the statement of G. C. Hodgkinson of the Training school, York in his defence 1854; Drops for the cup of uniformity, unity and peace 1845. d. Car Colston, Notts. 25 April 1880.
HODGKINSON, Sir George Edmund (only son of George Hodgkinson). b. Southwell, Notts. 1817; ship owner, ship and insurance agent, 74 Cornhill, London; at one time in partnership with Sir John Pirie, bart.; sheriff of London 1850–51, after the Queen’s visit to the city 9 July 1851 was knighted at Buckingham palace 17 July 1851. d. Bournemouth 26 March 1886.
HODGKINSON, Grosvenor. b. Newark upon Trent 12 Feb. 1818; solicitor at Newark 1839–70; M.P. for Newark 1859–74. d. Newark 14 Feb. 1881.
HODGSON, Anthony. b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1780; ed. at Crook hall coll. and at Ushaw; hatter Newcastle, and bookseller dealing chiefly in R.C. books; a great student of English R.C. history; contributed many articles to Catholic Miscellany, Catholic Mag., Weekly Orthodox journal, and London and Dublin orthodox journal. d. Newcastle 10 Feb. 1869. Gillow’s English Catholics iii, 315–18 (1887).
HODGSON, Brian (son of Brian Hodgson, innkeeper, Buxton, d. 1827). bapt. Buxton 15 March 1767; partner in banking house of Hawkins, Mills & Co., Macclesfield 1787, the bank failed but paid 20s. in the pound; superintendent of Martello towers on coast of Essex, office abolished 1820; barrack master of the troops at Canterbury 1820–50. d. in Holland 31 Jany. 1858.