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| Gender: | Male | ||
| Active Dates: | 1881 - 1944 | ||
| Active Area: |
Oceania (continent) Australia (nation) Africa (continent) Europe (continent) Sierra Leone (nation) South America (continent) South Africa (nation) United Kingdom (nation) Transvaal (region (general)) Botswana (region (general) Botswana (nation) Ghana (nation) Ethiopia (nation) Queensland (state) Somaliland (region (general)) Falkland Islands (dependent state) |
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| Likenesses: | See R.C.I. box 1. | ||
| Photographs: | See list of photographs | ||
| Publications: |
Hodson, A.W. (1912), 'Trekking the Great thirst: travel and sport in the Kalahari Desert'. London: T.F. Unwin. Hodson, A.W. and Walker, Craven H. (1922), 'An elementary and practical grammar of the Galla or Oromo language'. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hodson, A.W. (1927), 'Seven years in Southern Abyssinia'. [London]: T.F. Unwin. Hodson, A.W. (1929), 'Where lion reign: an account of lion hunting and exploration in S.W. Abyssinia'. London: Skeffington and Son Ltd. Hodson also wrote a play called 'The downfall of Zachariah Fee'. |
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| Related Entries: | None found. | ||
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Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson was born in Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, in 1881. He was the eldest son of Algernon Hodson and Sarah Wienholt. Hodson was in Central Queensland 1900 to 1902 and was part of the Queensland Contingent for South Africa in 1902. He served in the Transvaal 1902-04. From 1904 until 1912 he was in the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police Force. He then went on to Somaliland 1912-14. He served as Consul in Southern Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) 1914-23 and then Consul in South West Abyssinia from 1923-1926. He was Governor of the Falkland Islands 1926-30, Sierra Leone 1930-1934 and finally the Gold Coast (now Ghana) 1934-1941. Hodson married Elizabeth Charlotte Sarah Hay, daughter of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay in 1928. He died on the 26th May 1944 ('Who was who' 1980, p.550). |
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