Hodson, William Stephen Raikes
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▪ British cavalry leader
born March 19, 1821, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng.
died March 12, 1858, Lucknow, India
British cavalry leader in India, whose reputation was clouded by charges of fraud and mistreatment.
Hodson joined the British Army in India at age 23 and served through the First Sikh War (1845–46) in the Bengal grenadiers. As adjutant of the Guides, he played an important role in the Second Sikh War (1848–49); he took command by 1852, creating jealousies. Accused of fraud in 1854, and earlier censured for the arbitrary arrest of a Pathan chief, he was dismissed from the Guides in 1855. Though he was later cleared of any dishonesty, the government refused to reopen the case.
A new commander in chief of the Guides took Hodson back on the staff in 1857, empowering him to raise a regiment of 2,000 irregular horse. This unit became famous as “Hodson's Horse”; it fought the Indian Mutiny at the British siege of Delhi. After Delhi's capture, Hodson rode to Humāyūn's tomb, there capturing the Mughal emperor Bahādur Shāh II and killing the Mughal princes. That act, plus his vengeful treatment of Indians during the mutiny and unproved charges against him of looting, darkened his reputation. He then took part in fighting before Kānpur and was killed in the successful British attack at Lucknow.
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