Michael Minden Hodgins [1] (26 August 1912 – 11 May 1998) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Hackney: a post he held from 1951 [2] to 1971.Born into a military family [3] and educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1939.[4] After a curacy at St Barnabas, Northolt Park he was Secretary of the London Diocesan Fund from 1946 to 1974.