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| name = Sir John Hudson<br />
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| birth_date = 1833<br />
| death_date = 8 June 1893<br />
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| allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| branch = [[British Indian Army]]<br />
| serviceyears =1853–1893<br />
| rank =[[Lieutenant-General]]<br />
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| commands =Rohilkhand brigade<br>Quetta division<br>Allahabad division<br>[[Bombay Army]]<br />
| battles =[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br>[[Suakin Expedition]]<br />
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[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir John Hudson''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (1833 – 8 June 1893) was a British officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Educated at the [[Royal Naval School|Royal Naval School, New Cross]], Hudson was commissioned into the [[64th Regiment of Foot]] in 1853.<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14035?docPos=3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> He served as deputy assistant adjutant-general during the response to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]].<ref name=odnb/><br />
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He commanded six companies of the [[28th Punjabis|28th Punjab Infantry]] in 1879 during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<ref>Roberts, p. 371</ref> and later commanded the Indian contingent during the Second [[Suakin Expedition]] in 1885.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoEnqFull.asp?PrintID=20837&RecNo=13&intPhSearchNo=3292049 The late General Sir John Hudson K.C.B. and Headquarters Staff of the Indian Contingent at Suakin 1885]</ref> He went on to be commander of the Rohilkhand brigade of the [[Bengal Army]] in 1886, the Quetta division of the [[Indian Army]] in 1888 and the Allahabad division of the [[Bengal Army]] in 1889.<ref name=odnb/> He became Commander-in-Chief [[Bombay Army]] in April 1893 but was killed just two months later by a fall from his horse<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref> in June 1893.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=Major-General+McDowall+madras&source=bl&ots=enNBX0nzU8&sig=PepS4U0ycGk1jML9OLNiszFoJ5E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uRvYUY3gGYml0QWUyoGADg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Major-General%20McDowall%20madras&f=false The India List and India Office List]</ref><br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q83iElgNC1gC&pg=PA371|last=Roberts|first=Lord|title=Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief|publisher=Adamant Media Corporation|year=2001|isbn=978-1402177422}}<br />
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