HODGSON, Rev. Joseph Lowther (3 son of William Hodgson of Houghton house, Cumberland). b. 27 Sep. 1818; ed. at Pet. coll. Cam., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1844; P.C. of Wetheral with Warwick 1848 to death; hon. canon of Carlisle cath. 1858 to death; author of A simple catechism of the Lord’s prayer 1851; The village schools of Cumberland 1857. d. Harber Grange near Carlisle 29 March 1861.
HODGSON, Rev. Joseph Stordy (2 son of Joseph Hodgson). b. 1806; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1834; R. of Brinklow near Coventry 1840–58; R. of Aikton, Cumberland 1858–70; hon. canon of Carlisle cath. 1872, canon residentiary 1872 to death; author of Considerations in phrenology 1839; The duty of private judgment 1844. d. The Abbey, Carlisle 24 Jany. 1879.
HODGSON, Kirkman Daniel (eld son of John Hodgson of the Elms, Hampstead, d. 1858). b. London 1814; ed. at the Charterhouse 1826 etc.; partner in firm of Baring Brothers and Co. merchants; a director of Bank of England 1849–78, deputy governor 1862, governor 1863–4; M.P. for Bridport 1857–68, contested Penryn 1868; M.P. Bristol 1870 to 1878. d. Ash Grove, Sevenoaks 11 Sep. 1879, personalty sworn under £400,000 Nov. 1879.
HODGSON, Mary (dau. of Thomas Hodgson 1800–69). b. Bentham, Yorkshire 1835; ed. at Ackworth sch. near Pontefract 1846–50; student of Manchester sch. of Art 1874, and at Manchester Academy of art 1876; lady exhibitor 1882, associate 1884; landscape painter in oil and water colours; made studies of animals, especially of cats; author of A plea for the Alliance, in verse 1864; Vegetarian receipts for Christmas time 1883; illustrated H. Thompson’s History of Ackworth School 1879 with 12 drawings. d. York 13 Sep. 1886. J. H. Nodal’s Bibliography of Ackworth school (1889) 15, portrait.
HODGSON, Richard. b. Wimpole st. London 1804; partner in firm of Hodgson and Graves of Pall Mall, London, publishers to 1841; introduced many improvements in daguerreo type; built an observatory at Claybury in Essex 1852, removed it to Hawkwood near Chingford, Essex; F.R.A.S. 14 April 1848, mem. of council 12 Feb. 1858, hon. sec. 1863–67. d. Hawkwood 4 May 1872.
HODGSON, Sir Robert (son of Robert Hodgson, speaker of house of assembly, Prince Edward island). b. Charlotte town, Prince Edward island 1798; ed. at Collegiate sch. Windsor, Nova Scotia; admitted to bar of Nova Scotia and of Prince Edward island 1819; surrogate and judge of probate for P.E. island 1828, attorney general and advocate general 1828, president of legislative council 1840, and acting chief justice 1841; resigned all offices except surrogate and judge 1851; chief justice 1852, judge of vice admiralty court 1853; acting governor of P.E. island 1865, 1868 and 1873–4; lieut.-governor July 1874 to July 1879; knighted by patent 1 March 1869. d. Charlotte town 16 Sep. 1880.
HODGSON, Studholme John (son of general John Hodgson 1757–1846). b. 1 April 1805; ensign 50 regt. 30 Dec. 1819; served in 45, 39 and 19 regiments in Ceylon, India and the first Burmese war; commander of the forces in Ceylon 1865–69; commander of troops in Straits Settlement; administrator of civil government of Ceylon; colonel 54 regt. 13 March 1868; colonel 4 regt. 21 Nov. 1876 to death; general 2 Feb. 1876; retired 1 Oct. 1877. d. Argyll hall, Torquay 31 Aug. 1890.
HODGSON, Thomas. b. Lancaster, Jany. 1800; land surveyor, Lancaster 1821; made a survey of the county of Westmoreland 1823–5, concerning which he had a paper war with G. & J. Greenwood, map publishers; author of Plan of the county of Westmoreland 1828, another issue with the geological strata coloured by Adam Sedgwick is dated 1841. d. Lancaster 1869.
HODGSON, Thomas. Master Badsworth hounds for 3 seasons, of Holderness hounds 16 seasons and of Quorn hounds 2 seasons; registrar of deeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. d. Snydale hall, May 1863 aged 70. Sporting Rev., June 1863 pp. 461–3.
HODGSON, William. b. 1745; studied medicine and botany in Holland; M.D.; tried at Old Bailey 9 Dec. 1793 for proposing toast of The French Republic and comparing the king to a German hog butcher, imprisoned in Newgate 2 years; author of The picture of the Times 1795; The commonwealth of reason 1795; The case of W. Hodgson now confined in Newgate 1795; A critical grammar of the French and English language 1819; Flora’s cabinet in which the relation of chemistry to the flower garden is elucidated 1835; The life of Napoleon Bonaparte 1841. d. Hemingford ter. Islington 2 March 1851 aged 106. G.M. xxxv, 560 (1851); N. & Q. 14 June 1884 p. 475.