The Ven. Robert Hodgson (11 July 1844, Hoxne, Suffolk, England – 29 January 1917, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England)Deaths. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 01, 1917; pg. 1; Issue 41391 was Archdeacon of StaffordChurchill Archive from 1898Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 16, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35544 to 1910.The Archdeaconry Of Stafford The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 02, 1911; pg. 13; Issue 39653
Hodgson was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford"Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster, J (Ed) Vol II p673Oxford, Parker & Co,1888 and ordained in 1869.Crockford's Clerical Directory p 692: London, Horace Cox, 1908
After a curacy in Stoke-upon-Trent he held incumbencies at West Bromwich, Walsall and Handsworth.Church history In 1907 he became a residentiary canon at Lichfield Cathedral.‘HODGSON, Ven. Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 May 2016
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