Samuel Hodgson (1838 – 29 November 1886) was both a member of the

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and the

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. Hodgson was born in England in 1838. He arrived in Queensland in 1863 and within a year, he was a

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in a firm trading as ''Clarke, Hodgson & Co''. He entered politics in 1868, winning the seat of

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, holding it till 1870. A year later, Hodgson was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council but resigned just six months later. Hodgson left to return to England in 1886 but died at his home ''Ellenbrooke'', on the

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later that year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Samuel Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1838 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians