Thomas Twisden Hodges

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Thomas Twisden Hodges (died 12 March 1865) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1835 and 1852.[1]

Hodges was the son of Thomas Law Hodges of Hemsted, MP for West Kent, and his wife Rebecca Twisden, daughter of Sir Roger Twisden.[2]

Hodges was elected at the 1835 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Rochester, but did not stand again in 1837.[3] He unsuccessfully contested a by-election in 1842 for the borough of Canterbury, winning only 17 votes out of 1417.[4] He was returned for Rochester at the 1847 general election, and held the seat until he stood down in 1852.[3]

Hodges was a major in the West Kent Militia.[5]

In 1856 Hodges was living at St Hilda's when he was declared insolvent.[6]

Hodges married firstly, Mary Ann Floretta Chandless.[2] He married secondly, in 1854, Rosa, Lady Nott, widow of General Sir William Nott, and daughter of Major P. L. Dore, 3rd Foot. After her second husband´s death she resumed the name Lady Nott. She died in August 1901.[7]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
18351837
With: Ralph Bernal
Succeeded by
Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse
Ralph Bernal
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
18471852
With: Ralph Bernal
Succeeded by
Hon. Francis Child Villiers
Sir Thomas Maddock


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  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Monumental Inscriptions of Benenden Church and Churchyard, from a book, published in 1889 by Rev Francis Haslewood, Rector of St Matthew's Church, Ipswich
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Craig, page78
  5. London Gazette 1846
  6. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 13 February 1856
  7. "Obituary - Lady Nott" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 August 1901. (36544), p. 4.