George Hodges (priest)

George Hodges (30 May 1851 – 30 August 1921)[1] was an Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Sudbury[2] from 1902[3] to 1920.

The son of another George Hodges, sometime Vicar of St Andrew, Hastings,[4] he was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead,[5] St John's College, Cambridge[6] and ordained in 1878. He was Curate at Milton-next-Sittingbourne then Stoke-by-Nayland. He was the vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds from 1888 to 1912; and Rural Dean of Thingoes from 1888 to 1902.[7] He was a Canon Residentiary at Ely cathedral from 1912.[8]

  1. ^ Archdeacon Hodges. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 01, 1921; pg. 13; Issue 42814
  2. ^ "Letter from Ven. George Hodges, Archdeacon of Sudbury to Revd. A. Keble White at Great Saxham Rectory". The National Archives. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ^ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 14, 1902; pg. 1; Issue 36767
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p 582: London, Horace Cox, 1885
  5. ^ St. John's School, Leatherhead, School Register 1852-1964, p.28
  6. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iii. Gabb – Justamond, (1947) p394
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1482: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  8. ^ "Hodges, George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1926–2016 (December 2017 online ed.). A & C Black. 31 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)