Richard Hodgson

The Reverend Richard Greaves Hodgson (9 March 1845 – 1 November 1931) was an English clergyman, teacher and sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.

Hodgson was born in Manchester in Lancashire on 9 March 1845, the second son of Edward Hodgson. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1867. He resigned from the Junior King's School in 1908 and was appointed Six Preacher at Canterbury Cathedral and was a member of the Cathedral Foundation for 60 years.

Hodgson was an all-round athlete who was over six feet tall and was described in his Wisden obituary as a "good average batsman". His funeral took place in the Cathedral at Canterbury.