David Michael William Hodgkiss (June 1948
– 29 March 2020
) was a British businessman, and Chairman of
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in English cricket. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, although the team also play ...
between April 2017 and March 2020.
He was
Chief Executive of structural steel contractor
William Hare Group
William Hare Group Ltd is a UK headquartered structural steel contractor and the second largest, by turnover, in the country. It is family owned and has carried out projects in over fifty countries. Landmark works include structural steelwork f ...
, a business founded by his grandfather. Hodgkiss's 2014
OBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
was awarded for services to manufacturing and export at William Hare.
Hodgkiss served over twenty years at Lancashire County Cricket Club as Committee Member , Treasurer , Vice-Chairman and Chairman , being instrumental in completing a £60 million redevelopment of the Club's
Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
He died age 71 in March 2020 after catching
COVID-19.
The England Cricket Team took to the field against the West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford wearing black armbands in his honour.
Farokh Engineer lauded Hodgkiss as ''the best and the most popular Chairman Lancashire County Cricket Club ever had''.
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1948 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in England
British chief executives
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century British businesspeople
21st-century British businesspeople
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Structural steel