Samuel Hodgson

Samuel Hodgson (1838 – 29 November 1886) was both a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He arrived in Queensland in 1863 and within a year, he was a partner in a firm trading as Clarke, Hodgson & Co.

He entered politics in 1868, winning the seat of West Moreton, holding it till 1870.

A year later, Hodgson was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council but resigned just six months later.

[1] Hodgson left to return to England in 1886 but died at his home Ellenbrooke, on the Isle of Man later that year.