Born in Lancashire, son of William Hodgson, a Manchester cotton spinner, who, having lost his money by the introduction of the power loom, came to New Zealand in the `Himalaya' in 1844 with his family and took up land at Wakapuaka. William Hodgson died in 1848, and William Charles Hodgson who had been educated at the Manchester Grammar School and had hoped to go to Oxford, taught at the private school which had been established bt Thomas Arnold. He afterwards taught under the education board at Wakapuaka and in 1863 was appointed inspector of schools. He represented Nelson in the Provincial Council in 1865. He retired in 1893 and died a year later. A volume of his poetry, selected by A A Grace, was published in 1896. [Source: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography / Scholefield Volume 1 pp 402-403]
Hodgson, William Charles, 1826-1894
Earl of Warewood archives (Bundle 69 on), Kirby, Son and Atkinson, Radcliffe family rec...
Date: 1831-1874
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1900
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Powers of attorney
Date: 1860-1914
From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds
Reference: MS-Papers-0156-25
Description: Alexander Cowie to Benjamin Oliver Hodgson with substitution to Messrs William Charles Hodgson and William Moses Stanton, Jun 1860; A & S Henry Ltd of Huddersfield, England in pursuit of debt owing by James Nicholls appoint O C Williams, Bank of Australasia as their attorney, 1885; Alfred Lindsay to Alfred Lindsay Jnr, 1898; Jonah Harris to William Henry Harris; Jonah Harris and John Holmes (tanners and curriers of Kaiwarra) to Bank of New Zealand, 1913; John Wallace Easson to William Hopkirk and Alexander MacKay Howitt, 1914; J W Easson to Percy George Easson Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces).
Inward letters - Surnames, Hin - Hol
Date: 1851-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0341
Description: Correspondents: Rev Thomas Hinde, Featherston Manse (Yorkshire), 1863-1864 (3 letters); Thomas J Hinde (Junior), Wakefield, 1864 (1 letter); James Hirst, Patea, 1876 (2 letters); C A M Hirtzel, Wellington, 1870 (1 letter); Thomas Hitchings, Napier, 1857 (1 letter); R Hobbs, Auckland, 1870 (1 letter); Bishop Edmund Hobhouse, Nelson, 1859 (2 letters). W C Hodgson, Nelson, 1870 (1 letter); R Hodgson & A McGregor, Poverty Bay, 1851 (1 letter); Hogan's Australian, European & American General Agency Office & Universal News Rooms, Portland (Victoria), 1863 (1 letter); David Hogg, 1853 (1 letter); T W Hoggard, Wellington, 1851 (1 letter). Mr Holesworth (to W Fox), 1870 (1 letter); H J Holland (to Col Rookes on behalf of Lord Kimberley), London, 1872 (1 letter); Robert Hollis, Napier, 1865 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).