George Hodges (priest) explained

George Hodges (30 May 1851 – 30 August 1921)^[1] was an Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Sudbury^[2] from 1902^[3] to 1920.

The son of another George Hodges, sometime Vicar of St Andrew, Hastings,^[4] he was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead,^[5] St John's College, Cambridge^[6] and ordained in 1878. He was Curate at Milton-next-Sittingbourne then Stoke-by-Nayland. He was the vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds from 1888 to 1912; and Rural Dean of Thingoes from 1888 to 1902.^[7] He was a Canon Residentiary at Ely cathedral from 1912.

Notes and References

1. Archdeacon Hodges. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 01, 1921; pg. 13; Issue 42814
2. Web site: Letter from Ven. George Hodges, Archdeacon of Sudbury to Revd. A. Keble White at Great Saxham Rectory. The National Archives. 2017-12-31.
3. [The Times]
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p 582: London, Horace Cox, 1885
5. St. John's School, Leatherhead, School Register 1852-1964, p.28
6. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1482: London, Horace Cox, 1908