Michael Henry Hodges

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Admiral Michael Henry Hodges, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., (29 September 1874 – 3 November 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hodges was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.

In July 1910, he relieved Spencer Allen Hickley in command of the second class protected cruiser Doris.[1]

On 8 December 1911, he was appointed in command of the heavy cruiser Cornwall.[2]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Indomitable on 7 June, 1916,[3] and as her new commander signed the report of her gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander (G) Lachlan Mackinnon from the Battle of Jutland.[4]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Renown on 13 August, 1917.[5]

Postwar

Hodges was made Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet on 1 May, 1920, hoisting his flag in Coventry as she recommissioned at Chatham.[6]

He was appointed Second Sea Lord on 16 August, 1927.[7]

He retired on 23 September, 1932.

See Also

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir Michael Hodges" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 5 November, 1951. Issue 522150, col F, p. 6.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh J. Tweedie
Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet
1920 – 1922
Succeeded by
Arthur K. Waistell

Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1925 – 1926
Succeeded by
Francis H. Mitchell

Preceded by
Cecil M. Staveley
Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean
1926 – 1927
Succeeded by
John D. Kelly

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Spencer A. Hickley
Captain of H.M.S. Doris
Jul, 1910[8]
Succeeded by
Philip Streatfeild
Preceded by
James C. Ley
Captain of H.M.S. Cornwall
8 Dec, 1911[9]
Succeeded by
Walter M. Ellerton
Preceded by
W. A. Howard Kelly
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris
16 Mar, 1914[10]
Succeeded by
Fitzmaurice Acton
Preceded by
Francis W. Kennedy
Captain of H.M.S. Indomitable
7 Jun, 1916[11]
Succeeded by
Ernest K. Loring
Preceded by
Hugh F. P. Sinclair
Captain of H.M.S. Renown
13 Aug, 1917[12]
Succeeded by
Arthur W. Craig
Preceded by
Hugh D. R. Watson
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
26 Jun, 1923[13]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand
Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
16 Aug, 1927[14]
Succeeded by
Hubert G. Brand
as Second Sea Lord
Preceded by
Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
26 May, 1930[15]
Succeeded by
Sir John D. Kelly

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 296.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395j.
  4. Beatty Papers at National Maritime Museum's Caird Library (BTY 6/6), item 3.
  5. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 753.
  7. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 119.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 296.
  10. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395j.
  12. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  13. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 250.
  14. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 119.
  15. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 April, 1930. Issue 45483, col E, p. 10.

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