Grosvenor Hodgkinson (1818 – 14 February 1881) was an English lawyer and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1859 to 1874. Hodgkinson was the son of George Hodgkinson and his wife Julia Beevor, daughter of the Rev. John. Beevor, Rector of

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. He was educated at the grammar school at Louth, and was admitted an attorney and solicitor in 1839.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> He was in practice at Newark, in partnership with J. T. B. Pratt, but gave up his legal practice in 1870. He was a director of the Law Life Assurance Co. and the

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and chairman of the

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. He was also a

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(JP) for Newark and Nottinghamshire. At the 1859 general election Hodgkinson was elected as a

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(MP) for

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, defeating the sitting Liberal MP the

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. He was re-elected in

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and in

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, and held the seat until he stood down from

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at the 1874 general election. Hodgkinson died on 15 February 1881, at his home in Newark, aged 62. Hodgkinson married Alice Harvey, daughter of Robert Harvey of Balderton in 1845.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgkinson, Grosvenor 1818 births 1881 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 English solicitors People from Newark-on-Trent People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth