Sir Edward Cooper Hodge

GCB
Born(1810-04-19)19 April 1810
Died10 December 1894(1894-12-10) (aged 84)
Buried
Brompton Cemetery, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands held4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards
5th Dragoon Guards
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge GCB (19 April 1810 – 10 December 1894) was a British Army officer.[1]

Biography

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

Hodge was the son of Major Edward Hodge (1782–1815) of the 7th Hussars, who distinguished himself in the Peninsular War and in the Waterloo Campaign.

As a Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and later rose to the rank of General.

Hodge was the author of a diary, edited by the Marquess of Anglesey and published as Little Hodge: Being Extracts from the Diaries and Letters of Colonel Edward Cooper Hodge Written During the Crimean War, 1854-1856

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Family

In 1860 Edward Cooper Hodge married Lucy Anne, second daughter of James Rimingt'on. Esq, of Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire

Notes

References

  • "Period paintings, historical portraits and fine art in London - Major Edward Hodge (1782–1815)", Miles Barton, archived from the original on 3 October 2011, retrieved 11 May 2015

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