Edward Hodge
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General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge GCB (19 April 1810 – 10 December 1894) was a British Army officer.
Biography
Hodge was the son of Major Edward Hodge (1782–1815) of the 7th Hussars, who distinguished himself in the Peninsular War and in the Waterloo Campaign.
As a Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and later rose to the rank of General.
Hodge was the author of a diary, edited by the Marquess of Anglesey and published as Little Hodge: Being Extracts from the Diaries and Letters of Colonel Edward Cooper Hodge Written During the Crimean War, 1854-1856
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Family
In 1860 Edward Cooper Hodge married Lucy Anne, second daughter of James Rimingt'on. Esq, of Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire
Notes
- , Miles Barton, archived from on 3 October 2011
Further reading
- , British Medals
- , Irish Masonic History and the Jewels of Irish Freemasonry
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir James Chatterton | Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 1874–1894 | Succeeded byWilliam Godfrey Dunham Massy |
| Preceded bySir Charles Routledge O'Donnell | Colonel of the 18th Royal Hussars 1870–1874 | Succeeded bySir Thomas Westropp McMahon |