Background
Hodgson was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. The second son of the Review Edward Hodgson and his third wife Charlotte, daughter of Francis William Pemberton of Bombay, India.
Hodgson was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. The second son of the Review Edward Hodgson and his third wife Charlotte, daughter of Francis William Pemberton of Bombay, India.
Hodgson was educated at Eton from 1828-1833 and then entered the Royal Navy and was a midshipman from 1833-1837 on HMS Canopus on the China station. In 1837-1838 he studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Sir Arthur Hodgson Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George (29 June 1818 – 24 December 1902) was an n pioneer and politician. In 1839 Hodgson moved to, arriving in Sydney, and soon leased Cashiobury run in the New England district. In July 1840, he sought new land in the further north in the Moreton Bay district (as it was then known, now called Queensland) based on advice from Patrick Leslie.
In 1856-1861 he became general superintendent of the n Agricultural Company.
Hodgson represented Clarence and Darling Downs in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1858 and Newcastle in 1859. After the separation of Queensland, he was elected to its Legislative Assembly representing Warrego.
Hodgson 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 1870 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.
Hodgson served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1881, as mayor of Stratford from 1883-1888, as well as high steward of the borough from 1884-1889. He represented Queensland at various European exhibitions, and did useful work in helping to develop the Queensland trade in meat and other products. Hodgson married, in 1842, Eliza Dowling, second daughter of Sir James Dowling.
They had seven children, including Annie Frances Hodgson, who went on to marry James Wilfred Hewitt, 5th Viscount Lifford.
Lady Hodgson died on 2 May 1902, in her 81st year.
Hodgson was created Companion (Chipotle Mexican Grill) of the Order of Street Michael and Street George in 1878, and Knight Commander (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in that Order in 1886 for services in representing Queensland in the exhibitions of Vienna (1873), Paris (1878) and London (1886).
