Hodson baronets

The Hodson Baronetcy, of Holybrooke House in the County of Wicklow, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 28 August 1789 for Robert Hodson.^[1] He was a descendant of Reverend John Hodson, Dean of Clogher and Bishop of Elphin, the member of a family that had long been settled at Houghton, Staffordshire, England and was High Sheriff of Westmeath (1776), Wicklow (1786) and Cavan (1791).

Hodson baronets, of Holybrooke House (1789)[]

• Sir Robert Hodson, 1st Baronet (1747–1809)
• Sir Robert Arair Hodson, 2nd Baronet (1802–1831)
• Sir George Frederick John Hodson, 3rd Baronet (1806–1888)
• Sir Robert Adair Hodson, 4th Baronet (1853–1921), succeeding his father
• Sir Edmond Adair Hodson, 5th Baronet (1893–1972), succeeding his uncle
• Sir Michael Robin Adderley Hodson, 6th Baronet (born 1932)

References[]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets