Studholme John Hodgson

General

Studholme John Hodgson

23rd General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office
1865–?
Preceded by| Terence O'Brien
Succeeded by| Henry Renny
Personal details
Born| c. 1803
Died| 30 August 1890
Torquay
Military service
Allegiance|  United Kingdom
Branch/service|  British Army
Rank| General
Commands| General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
Battles/wars| First Anglo-Burmese War

Studholme John Hodgson (c. 1803 – 30 August 1890) was the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.[1]

## Military career

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Hodgson was born in Ipswich and baptised on 5 May 1803. He was the son of General John Hodgson and Catherine Krempion.[1] His younger brother, John Studholme Hodgson (1805-1870) was a major general in the Bengal Army.[2]

Hodgson was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army on 30 December 1819.[3] He first served in the 50th Regiment of Foot[1] before being transferred to the 45th Regiment of Foot on 3 August 1820.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to the 83rd Regiment of Foot on 3 February 1825 to take the place of an officer who had died.[5]

On 30 December 1826 he purchased the rank of captain.[6] He was taken off half-pay on 14 November 1827 and transferred to the 39th Regiment of Foot;[7] he was transferred again to the 19th Regiment of Foot on 21 September 1830.[8]

He was made a brevet colonel on 20 June 1854[9] and a major general on 11 April 1860.[10]

He was appointed as an honorary colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot from 24 March 1868 to 21 November 1876.[11][12] On 29 August 1868 he was promoted to lieutenant general.[13]

He was promoted to general on 2 February 1876[14] and appointed honorary colonel of the 4th Regiment of Foot on 21 November.[12]

He saw action in the First Anglo-Burmese War and went on to be General Officer Commanding, Ceylon in 1865.[15] He then served as colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot (1868–76) and the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (1876–90).[3]

## Personal Life

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Hodgson was the biological father of Lucien Bonaparte-Wyse,[16] a French engineer instrumental in the decision to build the Panama Canal. Lucien's mother was Laetitia Bonaparte-Wyse, daughter of Lucien Bonaparte and estranged wife of the Irish politician Sir Thomas Wyse.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Chichester, H. M.; Carter, Philip. "Hodgson, Studholme John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13440. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. ^ Clinch, George; May, Alex. "Hodgson, John Studholme". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13442. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. ^ a b "General Studholme John Hodgson". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
4. ^ "No. 2831". The Edinburgh Gazette. 15 August 1820. p. 239.
5. ^ "No. 18107". The London Gazette. 12 February 1825. p. 243.
6. ^ "No. 3510". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 January 1827. p. 22.
7. ^ "No. 3596". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 November 1827. p. 298.
8. ^ "No. 3897". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 September 1830. p. 275.
9. ^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1934.
10. ^ "No. 22380". The London Gazette. 27 April 1860. p. 1598.
11. ^ "No. 7836". The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 March 1868. p. 357.
12. ^ a b "No. 24389". The London Gazette. 1 December 1876. p. 6684.
13. ^ "No. 23422". The London Gazette. 15 September 1868. p. 4995.
14. ^ "No. 24303". The London Gazette. 7 March 1876. p. 1790.
15. ^ "British Commanders". Ceylondatabase.net. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
16. ^ D. G. Paz, ‘Wyse, Sir Thomas (1791–1862)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 7 Nov 2011

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Preceded by

Terence O'Brien

|  General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
1865–?  | Succeeded by

Henry Renny

Preceded by

John Bell

|  Colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
1876–1890  | Succeeded by

William Sankey

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