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John Studholme Hodgson (1757 – 10 January 1846) was a

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officer who served as colonel of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot.

Military career

Born the son of Field Marshal

Studholme Hodgson Field Marshal Studholme Hodgson (1708 – 20 October 1798) was a British Army officer who served during the 18th century. After serving as an Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Fontenoy during the War of the Austrian Suc ...

and Catherine Howard (daughter of Lieutenant General Thomas Howard) and educated at Harrow School, Hodgson was commissioned as an

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in the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot on 20 May 1779. He was dangerously wounded at the head of the King's Own Regiment in Holland in 1799 and was twice made prisoner of war by the French. He was captured by the French ship ''La Vengeance'' in 1797 during the

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and went on to be

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, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice Admiral of

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, with the rank of Brigadier, from 1806 to 1810. In 1811, by when he had been promoted to Major-General, he was appointed

and Commander-in-Chief of Curacao (ruled by Britain from 1807 to 1815). He also served as colonel of the 3rd Garrison Battalion of the 83rd Regiment of Foot and then as colonel of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot. (1835–46) He was father of General Studholme John Hodgson. A memorial to him lies in

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