HODSON, ARNOLD
Neg. No: (SF) L 121196
Neg. Size: 8½" x 6½"
Neg. Date: 31-05-1926

Biog: KCMG (cr 1932); H.B.M. Consul SW Abyssinia (1923-26); Governor of Falkland Islands (1926-30), Sierra Leone (1930-34) and Gold Coast (1934-41).

Date: 31 May 1926.

Occasion: The Levée, 31 May 1926; in attendance.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: Levée Dress, Consul.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Badge of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [CMG cr 1922]; Badge of the Order of the Star of Ethiopia, 3rd class; Africa General Service Medal 1902-1956, with 1 clasp; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19; Unidentified medal.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Who's Who; Foreign Office List, 1926; The Times, 29 May 1944, p 6e.

Occasion: The Times, 1 June 1926, p 7a.

Costume: Herbert A.P. Trendell (ed.), Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty's Court, London, 1921.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (The order of St. Michael and St. George) Burke's Peerage; (Order of the Star of Ethiopia) R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990; (Africa General Service Medal; British War Medal; Allied War Medal) A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, Spinks Standard Catalogue of British and Associated Orders, Decorations & Medals, London, 1990.

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