Rowland Hodge

Sir Rowland Frederick William Hodge, 1st Baronet (15 September 1859 – 21 September 1950) was an English shipbuilder.

Early life Hodge was born on 15 September 1859 in Sunderland, the son of Emily (née Davis) Hodge and John Rowland Hodge of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was educated at Houghton-le-Spring. despite a conviction in 1918 for "food hoarding". The Hodges were fined £600 and £100 costs for hoarding over a ton of food. They divorced in 1939 and he married Joan Wilson, daughter of Sydney Foster Wilson, in 1939. They divorced in 1961 and he married Jeanne Wood Anderson Buchanan, daughter of Commander W. E. Buchanan, in 1962. The divorced in 1967 and he married Vivienne Knightley, daughter of Alfred Knightley, in 1967. They divorced in 1945 and he married Margaret Norma Plow, daughter of Harold Plow, in 1951.

On 30 September 1930, seventy-one year old Sir Rowland was married to Vera Estelle Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, former wife of the George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart, at the Princess Row Register Office in London. In November 1934, Lady Hodge asked for a divorce, but a court and jury refused to grant Vera a divorce from Sir Rowland on the grounds of misconduct.

Sir Rowland died at his home in Churt, Surrey on 23 September 1950.

Descendants Through his eldest son,