Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,
JP (1814 – 11 September 1879) was an East India merchant and banker, becoming a partner in the mercantile firm of
Baring Brothers and Co. He later became
Deputy Governor and
Governor of the Bank of England
The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent choosing and mentoring a successor. The governor ...
(1863–1865) and a
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
He first stood in
Bridport
Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...
in 1857 to 1868 and later stood in the
constituency of Bristol after winning a by-election in 1870 and retaining the seat in the 1874 General Elections. His resignation triggered the
1878 Bristol by-election.
Family
He was the son of John Hodgson, of The Elms, Hampstead. He attended
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charter ...
in 1826. Hodgson married Frances Butler (1822–1851) in 1843
and the children to the marriage were Caroline Anna and Robert Kirkman.
Hodgson died at his residence of Ashgrove,
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506, situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lo ...
,
Kent
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.
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1814 births
1879 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bridport
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Governors of the Bank of England
Deputy governors of the Bank of England
19th-century English businesspeople
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