Michael Hodges
| Sir Michael Hodges | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 September 1874 |
| Died | 3 November 1951 (aged 77) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1887–1945 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Sappho HMS Indomitable HMS Renown Atlantic Fleet |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
Admiral Sir Michael Henry Hodges, KCB, CMG, MVO (29 September 1874 – 3 November 1951) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.
Hodges joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS Britannia in 1887. In late 1899, during the Second Boer War, he was landed in South Africa as a member of HMS Powerful’s Naval Brigade and sent to defend the town of Ladysmith. He was promoted to commander on 26 June 1902, and the following day posted to the HMS Duke of Wellington as flag officer to the Board of Admiralty during the coronation fleet review, but the appointment was later cancelled when the coronation was postponed. He was appointed in command of the cruiser HMS Sappho in 1905 and despatched to South Georgia to investigate the emerging whaling industry there. In 1912 he became Naval Attaché in Paris.
In World War I he commanded the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable and then the new battlecruiser HMS Renown. In 1918 he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Second in Command of the Grand Fleet.
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