Education
Open University; Britannia Royal Naval College.
Open University; Britannia Royal Naval College.
Educated at Netherthorpe Grammar School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Hudson joined the Royal Navy in 1980. He became commanding officer of the minesweeper HMS Cottesmore in 1994 (deployed on fishery protection duties), commanding officer of the frigate Norfolk in 1996 and Fleet Operations Officer in 1998. He went on to be leader of the team rationalising the regional fleet headquarters in 2000, commanding officer of the assault ship Albion in 2002, Director of Naval Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 2005 and commander of the Amphibious Task Group in 2008 (deployed as commander of the maritime Coalition Task Force in the Gulf).
Hudson was Commander Allied Maritime Command from February 2013 until October 2015.
He was placed on the retired list on January 2016. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (Central Bank) in the 2015 New Year Honours.
