1. Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson was a British colonial administrator who was Governor in turn of the Falkland Islands, Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.
11 Facts About Arnold Hodson
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Arnold Hodson was in Central Queensland 1900 to 1902 and was part of the Queensland Contingent for South Africa in 1902.
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Arnold Hodson served in the Transvaal from 1902 to 1904.
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Arnold Hodson was much involved in trying to reconcile conflicts between tribal chiefs.
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Four years later Arnold Hodson organised a hunting trip for British High Commissioner Selborne, from Pandamatenga to Selous' old camp on the Mabebe Flats and on to the Chobe.
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Arnold Hodson served as Consul in Southern Abbysinia from 1914 to 1923, then as Consul in South West Abbysinia from 1923 to 1926.
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Arnold Hodson encouraged African participation in government and had Sierra Leone "natives" trained to do jobs that had previously been reserved for bureaucrats who were imported into the colony from Britain.
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Arnold Hodson married Elizabeth Charlotte Sarah Hay, daughter of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay, in 1928.
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Arnold Hodson died on 26 May 1944 in New York City, aged 63.
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Arnold Hodson was the author of a number of books, including:.
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Arnold Hodson wrote a play called The Downfall of Zachariah Fee, or "The Troubles of Santa Claus".