Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir

Michael Hodges
Born29 September 1874 (1874-09-29)
Died3 November 1951 (1951-11-04) (aged 77)
Allegiance 
Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
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Naval career

Hodges joined the

South Georgia to investigate the emerging whaling industry there.[9] In 1912 he became Naval Attaché in Paris.[1]

In World War I he commanded the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable and then the new battlecruiser HMS Renown.[1] In 1918 he was appointed chief of staff to the Second in Command of the Grand Fleet.[1]

After the War he was made Rear Admiral Commanding the Destroyer Flotillas of the

Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1927 to 1930 when, having been promoted to full admiral in 1929,[11] he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet in 1930.[12] It was at this time that the Invergordon Mutiny took place when sailors of the Atlantic Fleet rioted over pay although Hodges was in the Royal Hospital Haslar at Gosport and therefore not directly involved in resolving the crisis.[13] He was relieved due to pleurisy and retired in 1932.[1] During World War II he was re-employed as Flag Officer in Charge in Trinidad, West Indies.[1]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society.[14]

Family

In 1903 he married Frederica Rika Octavia Tiarks; they went on to have four sons and one daughter.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Naval medals (Captain KJ Douglas-Morris (RN) Collection)
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36344. London. 5 January 1901. p. 8.
  3. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4198.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36792. London. 12 June 1902. p. 13.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36821. London. 16 July 1902. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36885. London. 29 September 1902. p. 8.
  9. ^ Chronological list of Antarctic expeditions and related historical events By Robert Headland, p. 237
  10. ^ Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty Warwick University
  11. ^ "No. 33523". The London Gazette. 6 August 1929. p. 5145.
  12. ^ National Archives
  13. ^ The Invergordon Mutiny HMS Hood Association
  14. PMID 20782372
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  15. ^ The Tiarks family of Chislehurst
Military offices
Preceded by Naval Secretary
1923–1925 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Second Sea Lord

1927–1930 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
1930–1931 		Succeeded by
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