Michael Hodges

Admiral Sir Michael Henry Hodges, (29 September 1874 – 3 November 1951) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.

Naval career Hodges joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS Britannia in 1887. In late 1899, during the Second Boer War, he was landed in South Africa as a member of 's naval brigade and sent to defend the town of Ladysmith. He was promoted to commander on 26 June 1902, and the following day posted to as flag officer to the Board of Admiralty during the coronation fleet review, but the appointment was later cancelled when the coronation was postponed. When the review was rescheduled for 16 August 1902, he was posted to , yacht to the Lords of the Admiralty, for two weeks during the review. In late September that year, he was appointed to the President for study at the Royal Naval College. He was appointed in command of the cruiser in 1905 and despatched to South Georgia to investigate the emerging whaling industry there. In 1912 he became Naval Attaché in Paris. Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron in April 1925 and Commander of the 1st Battle Squadron and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1926. he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet in 1930. It was at this time that the Invergordon Mutiny took place when sailors of the Atlantic Fleet rioted over pay although Hodges was in the Royal Hospital Haslar at Gosport and therefore not directly involved in resolving the crisis. He was relieved due to pleurisy and retired in 1932.

Family In 1903 he married Frederica Rika Octavia Tiarks; they went on to have four sons and one daughter.