Arthur Hodgson

Arthur Hodgson

Sir Arthur Hodgson KCMG (29 June 1818 – 24 December 1902) was an Australian pioneer and politician.

Hodgson was the son of the Rev. Edward Hodgson and his third wife Charlotte, daughter of Francis William Pemberton of Bombay, India, and was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. He was educated at Eton in 1828-33 and then entered the Royal Navy and was a midshipman 1833-37 on HMS Canopus on the China station. In 1837-38 he studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, He then went to Australia, arrived at Sydney in 1840, and soon afterwards became one of the early settlers in the "Moreton Bay district", now Queensland. In 1856 he was appointed general superintendent of the Australian Agricultural Company.

Hodgson represented Clarence and Darling Downs in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1858 and Newcastle in 1859. After the foundation of Queensland, he was elected to its Legislative Assembly representing Warrego. He was minister for public works in the Mackenzie ministry from September to November 1868 and colonial secretary in the Lilley ministry from January to November 1869. He was acting-premier during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh.

In 1874 Hodgson returned to England, settled at Clopton House near Stratford-upon-Avon, of which town he became mayor, and took much interest in the Shakespearian memorials there, and also in the volunteer movement. In 1881 he served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire. He represented Queensland at various European exhibitions, and did useful work in helping to develop the Queensland trade in meat and other products. He died at Stratford on 24 December 1902. He married in 1842 Eliza, daughter of Sir James Dowling, who died before him. He was created C.M.G. in 1878, and K.C.M.G. in 1886.

References

*Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Arthur|Last=Hodgson|Link= [http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogHi-Hu.html#hodgson1 Dictionary of Australian Biography Hi-Hu ] at gutenberg.net.au
*D. B. Waterson, ' [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040455b.htm Hodgson, Sir Arthur (1818 - 1902)] ', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 405-406.


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