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William
Egerton
Hodgins
CMG
Born in Toronto, York, Canada West
Ancestors 
Brother of
Frank Egerton Hodgins and Frederic Brinkley Hodgins
Husband of
Eleanor Jaffrey (Ritchie) Hodgins
— married
30 Oct 1883 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died
at age 78
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2018
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Biography
Major-General William Egerton HODGINS CMG, Adjutant-General
- Born: 03/10/1851 Toronto, Ontario
- Married: 23/06/1880, Caroline Seymour Clark Cobourg, Ont. (D. 02/81)
- Married: 30/10/1883, Eleanor Jaffray, Ritchie Ottawa, Ontario
- Children: 3; 2 Sons and 1 Daughter
- Died: 27/02/1930, Ottawa, Ontario Honours
Civilian
- 06/07/1918 CMG Brigadier-General Cdn Army Service Corps
- 1930 LLD University of Toronto Civilian
- 1874 BA University of Toronto
- 1876 MA University of Toronto
- 1877 Lawyer Toronto and Bowmanville
- 11/1883 Barrister Federal Department of Justice
- 1903 Resigns Resigns from Federal Department of Justice Military
Military
- 1866 Cadet - Toronto Military School
- 1874 Lieutenant - 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
- 1877 Captain - 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
- 1883 Captain - Governor General’s Foot Guards
- 1890 Major - Governor General’s Foot Guards
- 1894 Lieutenant-Colonel - Governor General’s Foot Guards
- 1903 Lieutenant-Colonel - Permanent Force
- 1909 Colonel - Promoted Colonel
- 1914 Brigadier-General - Promoted Brigadier-General
- 01/1915 Brigadier-General - Adjutant-General
- 09/1915 Major-General - Promoted MGen / Still Adjutant-General
- 09/1917 Major -General - Demobilization Committee in England
- 03/1918 Major-General - Retired / Helped establish Veterans Affairs
Sources
- www.blatherwick.net - World War I Canadian Generals
- [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hodgins_william_egerton_15E.html Dictionary of Canadian Biography - HODGINS, WILLIAM EGERTON
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