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'''Hodgson''' is the surname of:
'''Hodgson''' is a surname. In ], the '''Hodgson''' surname was the 173rd most common (766 per million) in 1881 and the 206th most common (650 per million) in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk |title=The British Surnames Website &#124; British Surnames, Surname Distribution and Surname Profiles |publisher=Britishsurnames.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> In the ], '''Hodgson''' was the 3753rd most popular surname (30 per million) in the 1990 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/finder.mv?Surname=Hodgson |title=Hodgson Genealogy and Family Tree Resources – Surname Finder |publisher=Genealogytoday.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref>
* ], British TV presenter

* ] (born 1935), Scottish footballer
==Origin and meaning==
* ] (born 1978), Australian rugby league player
Hodgson is a ], thought by some to mean "son of Hodge", with Hodge being a Middle English personal name usually representing a pet-form of the name Roger.<ref>Reaney, p. 166</ref><ref>Hanks, p. 1304</ref> However, Geoffrey Hodgson shows that both distribution of the name and DNA suggest a Norse-Irish origin, making “son of Oddgeir” a more likely derivation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hodgson Ancestry |url=https://www.geoffreymhodgson.uk/hodgson-ancestry |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=www.geoffreymhodgson.uk}}</ref>

==Variants==
The ] surname is less common and generally derives from Hodgson. Other probable variants of Hodgson include Hodgeson, Hodgshon, Hodshon, Hodgin, Hodgins, Hodgen, Hodgens, Hodghson, Hodgon and Hodgeon. In the North of England the "s" is often silent in the pronunciation of Hodgson. This accounts for variants such as Hodgin, Hodgen, Hodgon and Hodgeon.

==Coat of arms==
The Hodgsons of ], a mine-owning Catholic family living in the North East of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Surtees 1820, vol. 2, pp.&nbsp;77, 319, James 1974, Hodgson 2008), bore a ], ]ed as "per chevron, embattled or and azure, three martlets counterchanged". This same coat of arms is associated with several other Hodgson families, including the Hodgsons of West Keal in Lincolnshire, the Hodgsons of Bascodyke in Cumberland (Hodgson 1925), the Hodshons of ], and with Thomas Hodgson (1738–1817) a ] merchant and slave trader, and the owner of a mill in ] (Hodgson 2008).

==Border Reivers and Hodgson clans==
For centuries before ]'s assentation to the throne of England (]), the remote Anglo-Scottish borderland region had been the lair of unruly clans and gangs of robbers that were largely beyond the reach of the law. A peculiar form of clan organisation grew up in this area. This was the land of the ]. These clans had a legal system distinct from that of the majority of England and Scotland (Robb 2018). The suppression of this legal system led to a generalised breakdown of ] society (Robb 2018). They would steal goods, cattle and women from across the nominal border.

Some Hodgsons in ] were themselves a clan organisation (Fraser 1971). The border clans were eventually subjected by state authorities. Many were forced or obliged to emigrate to ] in the 18th century (Fischer 1989). Many Hodgsons emigrated in this period.

==People with the surname==
* ], Scottish singer/songwriter
* ]
* ] (1818–1902), Australian pioneer and politician
* ], Australian professional rugby league player
* ], British television composer and sound technician * ], British television composer and sound technician
* ] (1800-1894), British naturalist * ] (1800–1894), British naturalist
* ], American college basketball coach
**Many plants and animals are named after this Hodgson
* ] (1851-1908), Australian brothel proprietor * ] (1851–1908), Australian brothel proprietor
* ] (born 1980), rugby union player * ] (c. 1770 – 1856), amateur English landscape painter
* ], Canadian politician * ]
* ] (born 1990), Canadian junior ice hockey player * ] (1897–1976), second wife of Babe Ruth
* ] (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player * ] (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* ], various people of this name * ]
* ]
* ]
* ], born Frances Eliza Hodgson (1849–1924), English–American playwright and author
* ] (1853–1920), British clergyman and Bible translator
* ]
* ], British child actress
* ] (born 1946), economist * ] (born 1946), economist
* ] (1893-1983), Canadian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist * ]
* ] (born 1915), US politician * ] (1805–1891), great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II
* ]
* ] (1915-2006), American obstetrician and gynecologist
* ] (1893–1974), soldier and printer of ''The Seven Pillars of Wisdom''
* ] (1826–1909), Irish-US architect
* ]
* ] (1915–2006), American obstetrician and gynecologist
* ] (born 1960), creator and former host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 * ] (born 1960), creator and former host of Mystery Science Theater 3000
* ], English guitarist * ]
* ] (1788–1869), British physician
* ] (born 1963), English chess grandmaster * ] (born 1963), English chess grandmaster
* ] (1922-1968), American Islamic scholar * ] (1942–2007), English footballer from Newcastle.
* ] (1874–1937), US newspaper writer and politician
* ] (1889–1969), Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian
* ] 1892–1949), American actor
* ], American sculptor and printmaker
* ] (1880–1967), British trade union leader
* ] (1793–1868), American politician from Pennsylvania
* ] (1922–1968), American Islamic scholar
* ] (1909–1991), English rugby league forward and goalkicker
* ]
* ] (1938–2005), British editor of children's books
* ] (born 1977), English drummer and musician
* ], Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
* ]
* ]
* ] (1871–1962), English poet
* ] (1870–1952), English clergyman and writer under the pen-name "A Country Vicar"
* ]
* ]
* ] (1893–1966), an American botanist
* ] (1874–1956), British diplomat
* ] (born 1942), British politician
* ] (born 1950), English singer/songwriter
* ] (1832–1912), English philosopher
* ] (born 1966), British politician
* ] (born 1968), Australian actress who appeared in ''Home and Away''
* ] (1924–2015), Canadian commissioner
* ] (1708–1798), British field marshal
* ] (died 1591), English Roman Catholic lawyer and martyr
* ] (1840–1893), American Episcopal priest and academic administrator
* ] (1876–1952), American academic administrator, banker, developer
* ]
* ] (1924–1978) (Lt.Col, USAF, Retired) American Helicopter Test Pilot, one of only three men to fly the ], and the only two-time recipient of the Frederick L. Feinberg Memorial Award (1960, 1979)
* ] (1893–1916), First World War poet who published under the pen name Edward Melbourne
* ] (born 1978), English stand-up comedian
* ]

;Sportspeople:
* ] (1926–2003), Australian rules footballer
* ] (1912–1982), Australian rugby union player
* ] (1935–2022), Scottish footballer
* ] (born 1978), Australian rugby league player
* ] (born 1980), rugby union player
* ] (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
* ] (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* ] (born 1990), English cricketer
* ] (born 1938), English cricketer
* ] (1904–1951), South African-born English footballer, cricketer and baseball player
* ] (1952–1999), English footballer
* ] (1828–1867), English cricketer
* ] (born 1988), 2012 British supermoto quad champion
* ], English rugby league footballer * ], English rugby league footballer
* ] (born 1979), Australian rugby league player * ] (born 1979), Australian rugby league player
* ], English motorcycle racer * ], English motorcycle racer
* ] (born 1977), English drummer and musician * ] (born 1964), British swimmer
* ], Canadian massage therapist
* ] (born 1944), US American football player * ] (born 1944), US American football player
* ], Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge * ] (1935–2015), English cricketer
* ] (born 1982), English rugby union player * ] (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player
* ] (born 1950), New Zealand politician
* ] (born 1935), English cricketer
* ] (born 1979), English footballer
* ] (born 1973), Australian cricketer * ] (born 1973), Australian cricketer
* ] (born 1947), English football manager
* ] (born 1942), Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, British politician
* ] (born 1950), English singer/songwriter
* ] (born 1947), English soccer manager
* ] (born 1981), British motorcycle racer * ] (born 1981), British motorcycle racer
* ] (born 1966), British politician
* ](born 1968), Australian actress who appeared in ''Home and Away''
* ] (born 1924), Canadian commissioner
* ] (born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player * ] (born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player
* ] (born 1975), English cricketer
* ] (1893-1916), First World War poet who published under the pen name Edward Melbourne

* ] (born 1978), English stand-up comedian
;Fictional characters:
* ] (1877-1918), English writer of horror and fantasy
* Tom Hodgson, a character from '']'', portrayed by ]

'''Hodgson''' can also be a given name:
*] (1824–1907), English pacifist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* ] (1989) '']'' (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press).
* ] (1971) ''The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Reivers'' (London: Barrie and Jenkins).
''Antiquarian and Archaeological Society'', New Series, 25, pp.&nbsp;244–49.
* Hanks, Patrick, Richard Coates and Peter McClure, eds. (2016) ''The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'', volume 2 (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
* Reaney, P. H. (1958) ''A Dictionary of English Surnames'', first edition (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul).
* Robb, G. (2018). ''The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England'' (London: Picador)
* ] (1820) ''History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham'', volume 2 (London: Nichols).


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Latest revision as of 20:11, 8 July 2024

For other uses, see Hodgson (disambiguation).

Hodgson is a surname. In Britain, the Hodgson surname was the 173rd most common (766 per million) in 1881 and the 206th most common (650 per million) in 1998. In the United States of America, Hodgson was the 3753rd most popular surname (30 per million) in the 1990 census.

Origin and meaning

Hodgson is a patronymic surname, thought by some to mean "son of Hodge", with Hodge being a Middle English personal name usually representing a pet-form of the name Roger. However, Geoffrey Hodgson shows that both distribution of the name and DNA suggest a Norse-Irish origin, making “son of Oddgeir” a more likely derivation.

Variants

The Hodson surname is less common and generally derives from Hodgson. Other probable variants of Hodgson include Hodgeson, Hodgshon, Hodshon, Hodgin, Hodgins, Hodgen, Hodgens, Hodghson, Hodgon and Hodgeon. In the North of England the "s" is often silent in the pronunciation of Hodgson. This accounts for variants such as Hodgin, Hodgen, Hodgon and Hodgeon.

Coat of arms

The Hodgsons of Hebburn, a mine-owning Catholic family living in the North East of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Surtees 1820, vol. 2, pp. 77, 319, James 1974, Hodgson 2008), bore a heraldic coat of arms, blazoned as "per chevron, embattled or and azure, three martlets counterchanged". This same coat of arms is associated with several other Hodgson families, including the Hodgsons of West Keal in Lincolnshire, the Hodgsons of Bascodyke in Cumberland (Hodgson 1925), the Hodshons of Amsterdam, and with Thomas Hodgson (1738–1817) a Liverpool merchant and slave trader, and the owner of a mill in Caton, Lancashire (Hodgson 2008).

Border Reivers and Hodgson clans

For centuries before James VI's assentation to the throne of England (Union of the Crowns), the remote Anglo-Scottish borderland region had been the lair of unruly clans and gangs of robbers that were largely beyond the reach of the law. A peculiar form of clan organisation grew up in this area. This was the land of the Border Reivers. These clans had a legal system distinct from that of the majority of England and Scotland (Robb 2018). The suppression of this legal system led to a generalised breakdown of Reiver society (Robb 2018). They would steal goods, cattle and women from across the nominal border.

Some Hodgsons in Cumberland were themselves a clan organisation (Fraser 1971). The border clans were eventually subjected by state authorities. Many were forced or obliged to emigrate to North America in the 18th century (Fischer 1989). Many Hodgsons emigrated in this period.

People with the surname

Sportspeople
Fictional characters

Hodgson can also be a given name:

References

  1. "The British Surnames Website | British Surnames, Surname Distribution and Surname Profiles". Britishsurnames.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  2. "Hodgson Genealogy and Family Tree Resources – Surname Finder". Genealogytoday.com. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. Reaney, p. 166
  4. Hanks, p. 1304
  5. "Hodgson Ancestry". www.geoffreymhodgson.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-09.

Bibliography

Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, New Series, 25, pp. 244–49.

  • Hanks, Patrick, Richard Coates and Peter McClure, eds. (2016) The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
  • Reaney, P. H. (1958) A Dictionary of English Surnames, first edition (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul).
  • Robb, G. (2018). The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England (London: Picador)
  • Surtees, Robert (1820) History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, volume 2 (London: Nichols).
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