Field Marshal Studholme Hodgson (1708 – 20 October 1798) was a British Army officer who served during the 18th century.

He went on to command the British expedition which captured Belle Île in June 1761 during the Seven Years' War so enabling the British Government to use the island as a bargaining piece during the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Born the son of John Hodgson, a merchant from Carlisle, and educated at Carlisle Grammar School,[1] Hodgson was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and lieutenant in the Army on 2 January 1728.

[5] Hodgson led a British raid on Belle Île, off the coast of France.

[3] He was much congratulated by both the King and William Pitt, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, as this "important and critical operation" enabled the British Government to use Belle Île as a bargaining piece during the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Paris in 1763.