Arnold Weinholt Hodson
| Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson | |
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| Governor of the Falkland Islands | |
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In office 1926–1930 |
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| Preceded by | John Middleton |
| Succeeded by | James O'Grady |
| Governor of Sierra Leone | |
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In office 1931–1934 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Aloysius Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
| Governor of the Gold Coast | |
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In office 1934–1941 |
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| Preceded by | Shenton Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Alan Burns |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1881 |
| Died | 26 May 1944 (aged 63) |
Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson KCMG (12 February 1881 – 26 May 1944) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor in turn of the Falkland Islands, Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.
Hodson was born in Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, in 1881, the eldest son of Algernon Hodson and Sarah Wienholt. He was educated at Felsted. Hodson was in Central Queensland 1900 to 1902 and was part of the Queensland Contingent for South Africa in 1902. He served in the Transvaal from 1902 to 1904. From 1904 until 1912 he was in the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police Force. His duties as a policeman and magistrate took him into the most remote parts of the territory, one of his missions being the Damaraland frontier at the time of the Herero and Nama Wars in German South-West Africa. He was also much involved in trying to reconcile conflicts between tribal chiefs. His several political missions cover a most important period of the history of Botswana.
One of his journeys, in 1906, was made in the company of Sir Ralph Williams, Resident Commissioner, and was from Serowe to Livingstone and the Victoria Falls via Lake Ngami. Four years later Hodson organised a hunting trip for British High Commissioner Selborne, from Pandamatenga to Selous' old camp on the Mabebe Flats and on to the Chobe. Hodson then went on to Somaliland (1912-14). He served as Consul in Southern Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) from 1914 to 1923, then as Consul in South West Abyssinia from 1923 to 1926.
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