Sir William Hodges, 1st Baronet

Hodges acquired a fortune in the Spanish trade, and was in partnership at Cadiz with Christopher Hague, Ellis Terrell, and the Hon.

During the Nine Years' War he extended credit to the government, accepting a bill for £300,000, for the use of the English fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Russell.

He was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Mitchell at the 1705 English general election.

[3] Hodges had a house in Winchester Street, near Austin Friars when he died on 31 July 1714.

James Peller Malcolm describes his funeral, which was of unusual grandeur, with forty-two noblemen's coaches following the procession.