Grosvenor Hodgkinson
Grosvenor Hodgkinson (1818 – 14 February 1881)[1] was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1874.[1]
Hodgkinson was the son of George Hodgkinson and his wife Julia Beevor, daughter of the Rev. John. Beevor, Rector of
Justice of the Peace (JP) for Newark and Nottinghamshire.[3]
At the 1859 general election Hodgkinson was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark,[4] defeating the sitting Liberal MP the Earl of Lincoln.[5] He was re-elected in 1865[6] and in 1868,[7] and held the seat until he stood down from Parliament at the 1874 general election.
Hodgkinson died on 15 February 1881, at his home in Newark, aged 62.[3]
Hodgkinson married Alice Harvey, daughter of Robert Harvey of Balderton in 1845.[2]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d e Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
- ^ a b c d "Obituaries". The Times. London. 16 February 1881. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1813.
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 22991". The London Gazette. 14 July 1865. p. 3527.
- ^ "No. 23444". The London Gazette. 24 November 1868. p. 6108.