William Nicholson Hodgson

{{short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = William Nicholson Hodgson |honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} |alt = |caption = |office = Member of Parliament for East Cumberland |parliament = |majority = |term_start = 23 November 1868 |term_end = 2 April 1876 |predecessor = Charles Howard William Marshall |alongside = Charles Howard |successor = Charles Howard Stafford Howard |office2 = Member of Parliament for Carlisle |term_start2 = 12 July 1865 |term_end2 = 18 November 1868 |predecessor2 = Wilfrid Lawson Edmund Potter |alongside2 = Edmund Potter |successor2 = Edmund Potter Wilfrid Lawson |term_start3 = 27 March 1857 |term_end3 = 29 April 1859 |predecessor3 = James Graham Joseph Ferguson |alongside3 = James Graham |successor3 = James Graham Wilfrid Lawson |term_start4 = 30 July 1847 |term_end4 = 8 July 1852 |predecessor4 = William Marshall Philip Howard |alongside4 = Philip Howard (1848–1852) John Dixon (1847–1848) |successor4 = Joseph Ferguson James Graham |birth_date = 14 August 1801 |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1876|04|02|1801|08|14}} |death_place = |party = Conservative |children = |parents = }}

'''William Nicholson Hodgson''' (14 August 1801 – 2 April 1876)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|6|date=January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|2|date=January 2018}}</ref> was a British Conservative politician.

==Political career== He was first elected MP for Carlisle in 1847 but this result was later declared void. However, he retained the seat in the resulting by-election in 1848. However, he lost the seat in 1852. In 1857, he regained the seat, but at the next election in 1859 was again defeated. Despite contesting the seat at a by-election in 1861, he did not regain the seat until 1865. He was then again defeated in 1868.

However, at the same election, he stood for election in East Cumberland where he was elected and held the seat until his death in 1876.<ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = Charles Howard |before2= William Marshall }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for East Cumberland | years = 1868 – 1876 |with = Charles Howard }} {{s-aft| after = Charles Howard |after2= Stafford Howard }}

{{s-bef| before = Wilfrid Lawson |before2 = Edmund Potter }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for Carlisle | years = 1865 – 1868 |with = Edmund Potter }} {{s-aft| after = Wilfrid Lawson |after2 = Edmund Potter }}

{{s-bef| before = James Graham |before2 = Joseph Ferguson }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for Carlisle | years = 1857 – 1859 |with = James Graham }} {{s-aft| after = James Graham |after2 = Wilfrid Lawson }}

{{s-bef| before = William Marshall |before2 = Philip Howard }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for Carlisle | years = 1847 – 1852 |with = Philip Howard (1848–1852) |with2 = John Dixon (1847–1848) }} {{s-aft| after = Joseph Ferguson |after2 = James Graham }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, William Nicholson}} Category:UK MPs 1847–1852 Category:UK MPs 1857–1859 Category:UK MPs 1865–1868 Category:UK MPs 1868–1874 Category:UK MPs 1874–1880 Category:1801 births Category:1876 deaths Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies