14 Facts About Arthur Hodgson

Sir Arthur Hodgson KCMG was an Australian squatter and politician.

Arthur Hodgson was educated at Eton from 1828 to 1833 and then entered the Royal Navy and was a midshipman from 1833 to 1837 on HMS Canopus on the China station.

In 1839 Arthur Hodgson moved to Australia, arriving in Sydney, and soon leased Cashiobury run in the New England district.

The Arthur Hodgson brothers took an active role in the killings.

In 1842 Arthur Hodgson married the daughter of Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice of New South Wales, which helped advance his position there.

Arthur Hodgson represented Clarence and Darling Downs in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1858 and Newcastle in 1859.

Arthur 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.

Arthur Hodgson was acting-premier during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh.

In 1870 Arthur 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 in the volunteer movement.

Arthur Hodgson served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1881, as mayor of Stratford from 1883 to 1888, as well as high steward of the borough from 1884 to 1889.

Arthur Hodgson represented Queensland at various European exhibitions, and did useful work in helping to develop the Queensland trade in meat and other products.

Arthur Hodgson was created Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1878, and Knight Commander in that Order in 1886 for services in representing Queensland in the exhibitions of Vienna, Paris and London.

Arthur Hodgson married, in 1842, Eliza Dowling, second daughter of Sir James Dowling.

Arthur Hodgson died later that year, at Clopton House on 24 December 1902 and was buried with his wife in Stratford-upon-Avon Cemetery.