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'{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Lord Hodgson<br />of Astley Abbotts | honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} | image = Official portrait of Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts crop 2.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2018 | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]] | term_start1 = 4 November 1976 | term_end1 = 7 April 1979 | predecessor1 = [[John Stonehouse]] | successor1 = [[David Winnick]] | office = [[Member of the House of Lords]] <br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]] | term_start = 28 June 2000<br />[[Life Peerage]] | term_end = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 April 1942}} | birth_place = [[Leamington Spa]], [[Warwickshire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] | spouse = [[Fiona Hodgson, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger|The Baroness Hodgson of Abinger]] | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] }} '''Robin Granville Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 25 April 1942) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician and [[life peer]]. == Early life and education == Hodgson was born in 1942 in [[Leamington Spa]], son of Henry Edward Hodgson.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Person Page|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p52964.htm|access-date=2020-07-30|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref> He was educated at the independent, fee-paying [[Shrewsbury School]]. He graduated from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1964 and attained an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School of Finance]] in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robin-hodgson-8886894a|title=Robin Hodgson|website=LinkedIn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> == Political career == Hodgson ran as a Conservative in both the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February]] and [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974 general elections]], in which he unsuccessfully contested the strongly [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] seat of [[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]]. However, in a [[1976 Walsall North by-election|1976 by-election]] caused by incumbent [[John Stonehouse]]'s imprisonment, Hodgson managed to overturn the large Labour majority to become the seat's [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]. Despite this, at the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]], Hodgson could not hold the seat against the Labour candidate [[David Winnick]], despite achieving an 11% swing for the Conservatives. The seat was then held by Labour until [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]], when it was won back by the Conservatives' [[Eddie Hughes (British politician)|Eddie Hughes]]. In 1981, he was selected as the candidate for the safe Conservative seat of [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-upon-Avon]], but resigned his candidature in 1982 for undisclosed personal reasons, and never returned to the Commons. He was awarded a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the 1992 [[New Year's Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52767 |date=30 December 1991 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref> Hodgson served as Chairman of the National Union of Conservative Associations from 1996 until 1998, and as Chairman of the National Conservative Convention from 1998 until 2000.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/26936 Parliamentary biography]</ref> He was created a life peer, as '''Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts''', ''of [[Nash, South Shropshire|Nash]] in the [[Shropshire|County of Shropshire]]'', on 7 June 2000.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55872 |date=12 June 2000 |page=6375}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3042}}</ref> |badge = A Wolf statant Sable grasping in the dexter forepaw a Covered Cup Or.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/lp1958%20h.htm |title=Life Peerages - H |publisher=Cracroft |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref> In November 2011, Hodgson was appointed by [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|David Cameron's government]] to perform a wholesale review of the [[Charities Act 2006]] and [[Charities Act 2011]], which was published in 2012.<ref>Fennell, Edward. ''Charity begins at home, if you let it'' [[The Times]] , 19 Apr 2012</ref> He is an ambassador for the volunteering network, REACH.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/about-reach/who-we-are |website=Reach Volunteering}}</ref> == Business career == Hodgson has more than 40 years’ experience in the private equity, securities and investment banking industries. He co-founded the private equity and investment banking specialist group Granville in 1979, and spearheaded its growth as chief executive and then chairman. Lord Hodgson played a role in developing the new regulatory structure of the City, including 10 years as a director of the Securities and Future Authority. He is the co-founder and Chairman of Nova Capital. Lord Hodgson holds a number of other non-executive directorships, is an active private investor and is Chairman of Nova’s Investment Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lord Hodgson|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/robin-hodgson|access-date=2020-07-30|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref> He has also at various times been director of Staffordshire Building Society and Marstons plc, the pub chain.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tenet hires Lord Hodgson as non-exec chairman|language=en|work=Wealth Manager|url=https://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/news/tenet-hires-lord-hodgson-as-non-exec-chairman/a286771|access-date=2020-07-30}}</ref> == Personal life == In 1982, Hodgson married [[Fiona Hodgson, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger|Fiona Ferelith Allom]], who was created Baroness Hodgson of Abinger in 2013. ==Arms== {{Infobox COA wide |escutcheon = Or three Piles reversed each terminating in a trefoil Sable and charged with a pile Argent thereon a dove wings elevated and addorsed Azure. |crest = A Wolf statant Sable grasping in the dexter forepaw a covered cup Or. |supporters = On either side a flamingo reguardant Or beaked and legged Azure. |motto = Maiore Cura Quam Ingenio<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3042}}</ref> |badge = A Wolf statant Sable grasping in the dexter forepaw a Covered Cup Or.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/lp1958%20h.htm |title=Life Peerages - H |publisher=Cracroft |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref>}} == References == {{reflist}} *''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979'' *{{Rayment|date=February 2012}} *{{Rayment-hc|date=February 2012}} == External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-robin-hodgson | Robin Hodgson }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]] | years = [[1976 Walsall North by-election|1976]]–[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]] | before = [[John Stonehouse]] | after = [[David Winnick]] }} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before= }} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the [[National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations]]|years=1996–1998}} {{s-aft|after= Himself as Chairman of the National Conservative Convention}} |- {{s-bef|before= Himself as Chairman of the [[National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the National Conservative Convention|years=1998–2000}} {{s-aft|after=[[John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach|John Taylor]]}} {{s-prec|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Baron Jordan|The Lord Jordan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom|Gentlemen]]'''<br />''Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts'' '''}} {{s-fol|after=[[Baron Morgan|The Lord Morgan]]}} {{s-end}} {{UKParliamentCommitteeChairs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Robin Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts}} [[Category:1942 births|Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Hodgson, Robin, Baron]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Leamington Spa|Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Hodgson, Robin, Baron]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Hodgson, Robin, Baron]] [[Category:Honorary Fellows of St Peter's College, Oxford]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) life peers|Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Hodgson, Robin, Baron]] [[Category:Spouses of life peers]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:People educated at Shrewsbury School]]'