HODGSON, Christopher (eld. son of John Hodgson of Bishop Auckland, Durham). b. Bartlett’s buildings Holborn, London 1784; attorney and notary in Westminster 1805–71; chapter clerk to dean and chapter of St. Paul’s 1806; sec. to Abp. of Canterbury 1809; sec. to Bp. of London 1813; M.A. by Abp. of Canterbury 22 July 1820; sec. to governors of queen Anne’s bounty 15 Feb. 1822, resigned Jany. 1871; sec. to Abp. of York 1826; treasurer to queen Anne’s bounty 1839 to Jany. 1871; author of Instructions for the use of candidates for holy orders 1817, 9 ed. 1870; An account of the augmentation of small livings by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne 2 parts 1826–35, 2 ed. 1845–56. d. Spring grove, Isleworth, Middlesex 7 Aug. 1874. bur. Norwood cemetery.
HODGSON, Christopher Pemberton. b. 1821; resided in New South Wales 1840–45 and accompanied several exploring expeditions; vice consul at Pau, France 1851–5; vice consul at Caen 1857–9; consul at Nagasaki, Japan 1859, and at Hakodadi 1859–61; author of Reminiscences of Australia 1846; El Ydaivur 1849; Pyrenaica, a history of the viscounts of Bèarn 1855; The Wanderer and other poems 1849; A residence at Nagasaki and Hakodadi 1861. d. Pau 11 Oct. 1865.
HODGSON, Edmund (son of a bookseller in Wimpole st. London). b. 1794; publisher with Robert Saunders at 39 Fleet st. London 1825–8; publisher at 192 Fleet st. 1829–55, at 2 Chancery lane 1856 to about 1867; pres. of Booksellers’ Provident Institution. d. 102 Lower Tulse hill, Brixton 3 May 1875. Publisher’s Circular (1875) 383–4.
HODGSON, Rev. Francis (2 son of Rev. James Hodgson, R. of Humber, co. Hereford, d. Oct. 1810). b. Croydon 16 Nov. 1781; ed. at Eton 1794–99, scholar King’s coll. Cam. 1799; B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807, B.D. 1840; fellow and tutor of his college 1808–14; friend of lord Byron whom he visited at Newstead 1808, corresponded with lady Byron about her separation; C. of Bradden, Northamptonshire 1815–16; V. of Bakewell, Derbyshire 1816–40; archdeacon of Derby 9 Sep. 1836 to 30 Dec. 1840; P.C. of Edensor in Chatsworth park 1838–40; provost of Eton college 5 May 1840 to death; R. of Cottesford, Oxon. 1842 to death; published The satires of Juvenal, A translation 1807; The Friends, a poem 1818; Mythology for versification 1831; Select portions of sacred history conveyed in sense for Latin verses 1828, 2 ed. 1833; Sacred lyrics adapted to Latin versification in the principal metres of Horace 1842; made considerable contributions in Latin to the Arundines Cami. d. The Lodge, Eton college 29 Dec. 1852. bur. in college chapel 4 Jany. 1853. Memoir of Rev. F. Hodgson by his son 2 vols. 1878, portrait; H. C. M. Lyte’s History of Eton college (1875) 413–73.
HODGSON, Rev. Francis. b. Duffield 13 Feb. 1805; settled at West Chester, Pa., U.S. America; minister of Methodist Episcopal ch. at Dauphin, Pa. 1828, at Philadelphia, New York, Hartford and New Haven; author of Examination into the new system of divinity 1829; The ecclesiastical polity of Methodism defended; The Calvinistic doctrine of predestination examined and refuted 1855. d. 16 April 1877. Appleton’s American biography, iii, 225 (1887).
HODGSON, Frederick. b. 1795; a brewer and merchant at Barnstaple; M.P. for Barnstaple 1824–30, 1831–2 and 1837–47. d. Paris 30 March 1854. E. Yates’s Recollections, i, 12 (1884).
HODGSON, Henry (son of Robert Hodgson). b. Congleton, Cheshire 24 Feb. 1781; entered Bengal army 1798; col. 51 Bengal N.I. 5 June 1829 to 1841; col. 12 Bengal N.I. 1841 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Passy, Paris 8 March 1855.
HODGSON, Isaac. b. Bradford 15 Nov. 1828; a cricketer 1847; first played at Lord’s 16 July 1860; with C. Lawrence at Glasgow put the England Eleven out for 20 runs 20 Sep. 1860; bowler to Manchester Broughton club 1862; right hand batsman, but bowled left, round armed, slow with a twist; a good player at Knurr and Spell; had a benefit at Bradford 29 Aug. 1867; landlord of West End tavern, Lister hills, Bradford. d. Bradford 24 Nov. 1867. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores vi, 437–8 (1876).
HODGSON, John Studholme (2 son of John Hodgson 1757–1846, general in the army). b. Blake st. York May 1805; ed. at Woolwich; ensign 23 Bengal N.I. 3 Feb. 1822; served in campaign of 1845–6 and was wounded at Sobraon; raised first Sikh regt. embodied in British service which he commanded in second Sikh war 1848–9; as brigadier, organised Punjab irregular force 1850; in command of Peshawur frontier; lieut.-col. 12 Bengal N.I. 15 April 1858 to 1862; M.G. 23 July 1861; retired 1865. d. 10 Stanhope terrace, Hyde park, London 14 Jany. 1870.
HODGSON, Joseph (son of John Hodgson of Birmingham, merchant). b. Penrith, Cumberland 1788; studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1811, member of council 1849, examiner in surgery 1856–66, president 1864; in practice at King st. Cheapside 1811–18; edited London Medical Rev.; removed to Birmingham 1818; surgeon to general dispensary and general hospital to 1848; a founder of Birmingham eye infirmary 1824; returned to London 1849; examiner in surgery London univ.; president Medico-Chirur. Soc. 1851; very successful as a lithotomist; F.R.S. 14 April 1831; attended Sir Robert Peel on his death 2 July 1850; author of A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins 1815 which was translated into German and Italian. d. 60 Westbourne ter. London 7 Feb. 1869. Reg. and Mag. of Biog. March 1869 pp. 211–2; J. F. Clarke’s Biog. Recollections (1874) 331–5.