Hodgson Sir Robert 1798-1880 Born In Charlottetown Prince Edward
Island. Educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia, and called to the bar of Nova
Scotia and of Prince Edward Island, 1819. Appointed judge of Probate and
attorney-general for Prince Edward Island, 1828; president of the
Legislative Council, 1840. Appointed chief-justice, 1852, and judge of
the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1853; resigned both offices to accept the
lieutenant-governorship of Prince Edward Island, 1874. Held office until
1879. Died in Charlottetown. =Bib.=: Campbell, History of Prince Edward
Island.