Brigade-Surgeon Decimus Filius De Hodgson MD.

Subject: Brigade-Surgeon Decimus Filius De Hodgson MD. Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:00 am

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Surgeon-Major Decimus de Hodgson's autograph.
John Young Collection.

Subject: Bgde - Sgn Decimus Filius De Hodgson MD Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:33 pm

Excellent JY
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For sale on sale room
Estimate £1400 to £1800
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South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Surgn. Maj: D. F. De Hodgson. M.D. A.M.D.) with nice original ribbon, toned, extremely fine £1,400-£1,800

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Sold with a small contemporary portrait on glass? contained in a leather case, lid detached.

Decimus Filius de Hodgson MD Edin 1855, MRCS 1853, was born at Eaglesfield Abbey, Carlisle, on 8 July 1831. He entered the service as Assistant Surgeon on 28 September 1857; became Surgeon on 21 September 1872; Surgeon-Major on 1 March 1873; and Honorary Brigade-Surgeon on retirement on retired pay on 28 September 1882. He served with the Royal Artillery in the Sikkim expedition in 1861, and in the Zulu war in 1879, for which he received a medal with clasp. Brigade-Surgeon De Hodgson died at Carlisle on 9 April 1899.

Judging by the style of dress I cannot believe that Daguerreotype is of Hodgson, more than likely an ancestor I would suggest.

JY

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Must admit I thought that John. More 18th Century than 19th

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