battle of Navarin, he joined, in March, 1828, the Chanticleer 2, Capt. Henry Foster, with whom he served, on a scientific mission, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, until Dec. 1829, when, being in the West Indies, his health obliged him to return to England. In April, 1831, he joined the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned home in the capacity of Mate in Oct. 1834. Between Feb. 1835 and Oct. 1837, and again between April, 1838, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, we find Mr. Hodgskin employed in the Medea steam-frigate, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, and Andromache 26, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations. His last appointments were, 28 March, 1843, and 8 Sept. 1846, to the Cyclops and Devastation steamers, Capts. H. T. Austin and Sir C. Hotham, to which vessels, stationed off the coasts of Ireland and Africa, he was but for a very short time attached.
HODGSKIN. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Hodgskin entered the Navy, in March, 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, in which frigate he served for upwards of six years on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations. The next five years and a half were passed by this officer, as Lieutenant, in the Star sloop, Capt. John Simpson, Nymphe frigate, Capts. Edm. Heywood, Conway Shipley, and Hon. Josceline Percy, Saturn 74, Capt. Cumberland, Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, and Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker. While in the Nymphe, besides attending the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, he took partial command of the boats of that frigate, and on the night of 23 April, 1808, participated in a valorous but unsuccessful attack made by Capt. Shipley (who was killed in the act of boarding) upon a French corvette, La Gavotte, of 22 guns and 150 men, lying at anchor in a bight above Belem Castle, in the river Tagus. In the same ship, under Capt. Percy, we find Mr. Hodgskin escorting General Junot to Rochelle, after the convention of Cintra. He subsequently, when in charge of the boats of the Nemesis, in company with those of the Belvedera 36, contributed to the spirited capture, on the coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the Bolder and Thor (carrying each 2 long 24’s, 6 6-pounder howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810.[1] If we mistake not, he was present in the Menelaus, at the reduction of the Isle of France. He was placed on half-pay 25 April, 1812; and awarded the rank of Retired Commander 27 Jan. 1846.
HODGSON. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1838. f-p., 27; h-p., 33.)
Brian Hodgson entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Erasmus Gower, on the Newfoundland station, where he continued until 1789. From 13 Dec. 1794 until Oct. 1802 he served uninterruptedly with Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote in the Niger 32, and Seahorse, of 46 guns and 292 men; in the former of which ships he assisted, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, at the capture of a French convoy, near Granville, 9 May, 1795 – the destruction, 27 April, 1796, off the Penmarcks, of L’Ecureuil national corvette, of 18 guns and 105 men – and the battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. When in the Seahorse, of which frigate he was created a Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1799, Mr. Hodgson, besides witnessing the capture of Le Belliqueux privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men, was present, off the island of Pantellaria, at the taking, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of eight minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 16 wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of 36 guns and 300 men. In 1799, during the absence of Lord Nelson, we find the Seahorse blockading the Bay of Naples; and, in July of the same year, escorting their Sicilian Majesties from Palermo to the latter place. Being shortly afterwards driven on shore in a violent gale near Leghorn, she was under the necessity, from the injuries she received, of returning to England, whence, in May, 1800, she was again ordered to the Mediterranean with Rear-Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Ralph Abercromby on board. During the ensuing summer she was employed in attendance upon the King and Queen off Weymouth; after which she was sent in escort of 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta. While on the Indian station her officers and crew succeeded by great exertion in rescuing the stores of La Sensible, a frigate that had been wrecked a few miles to the southward of the Molliwally shoal. The Seahorse being paid off in Oct. 1802, Mr. Hodgson was next, in Jan. 1805, appointed to the Topaze 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, on the Cork station, where he remained until appointed, in Jan. 1805, Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Gardner, in the Hibernia 110, part of the Channel fleet. He obtained his second promotal commission on 8 of the following April; and, on 22 Jan. 1806, after having commanded, for very short periods, the Inspector and Pylades sloops, he was made Post into the Trusty 50. In that ship, in Aug. 1807, he accompanied the expedition sent against Copenhagen. He left her in May, 1809, and was lastly, in April, 1810, and July, 1811, appointed to the command of the Barbadoes 24, and Owen Glendower 42, both on the East India station. The latter ship returned to England in May, 1816; and, on 28 June, 1838, her Captain was advanced to Flag-rank.
Rear-Admiral Hodgson, who has issue, was left a widower 11 Nov. 1824. Agent – J. Hinxman.
HODGSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
George Henry Hodgson entered the Navy, 14 June, 1832, as Midshipman, on board the Revenge 78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, employed off Lisbon. In the summer of 1834 he proceeded to South America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt. On his return to England, towards the close of 1836, he joined the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, in which sloop, and in the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, we find him, until Feb. 1840, employed on the Mediterranean station – the last 16 months in the capacity of Mate. In Oct. 1840 he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and in June, 1842, he sailed for China, on board the Cornwallis 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker. Joining subsequently in the hostilities in progress against the Celestial empire, Mr. Hodgson participated in the attack on the enemy’s entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan (where he displayed very spirited conduct and was slightly wounded in a personal encounter with a Chinese), and was present at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghae, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, as also at the pacification of Nanking.[2] At Chin-Kiang-Foo, having landed, he distinguished himself by the manner in which with three other officers, he rushed into the Imperial Canal for the purpose of ascertaining its fordability.[3] Being rewarded for his services with a commission bearing date 23 Dec. 1842,[4] and appointed to the Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, he served in the boats of that sloop in company with those of H.M.S. Harlequin, and Hon.E.I.Co.’s steamer Diana, in an attack upon some pirates at Murdoo, on the Pedir coast 12 Feb. 1843. On 27 Nov. 1844, five months after he had returned to England, he obtained a re-appointment to the Excellent. Since 4 March 1845 he has been employed on board the Terror discovery-ship, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in
