John Hodson

Hodson was born in Britain c. 1915, he graduated with the M.A. degree from Oxford University and was ordained as a priest in 1938. He was the curate of Kennington from 1937 to 1940 and priest-in-charge at Friar Park (Wednesbury) from 1940 to 1943.[1]

John Henry Hodson is an Anglican clergyman.

Hodson served as a Royal Navy Chaplain from 1943 until 1946.[2][1] After the Second World War he was the Vicar of Helmsley, Yorkshire.[1] He emigrated to South Africa in 1953.[3] He was the Dean of Grahamstown 1953 to 1964.[4]

In 1980 he was admitted as a Brother of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.[5]

Notes

1. Anon 1967, p. 457.
2. Ministry of Defence 1944.
3. "A Dean-designate looks for an assistant". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 8 January 1953. p. 3 col E. Retrieved 3 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Gould & Eve 2011, p. A:25.
5. "No. 48456". The London Gazette. 18 December 1980. p. 17530.

References

• Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (1944). The Navy List. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 1538.
• Anon (1967). Who's who of Southern Africa. Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Ltd.
• Gould, Charles; Eve, Jeanette (2011). Grahamstown Cathedral: A Guide and Short History. Grahamstown Diocesan Registry – via Cory Library, Rhodes University.