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Eward Noel Hodges was born in 1849 in [[Old Dalby]], [[Leicestershire]], England, the fourth son and the sixth of nine children of Abraham Hodges (1819-1910) and Jane née Rule (1808-1902). was educated at [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]<ref>"University Intelligence". ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday,  13 June 1873; pg. 7; Issue 27715</ref> and [[ordained]] in 1873.<ref>"Ordinations Diocese of London". ''The Standard'' (London, England), Monday, 22 December 1873; pg. 3; Issue 15413. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II</ref> He was a [[Tutor]] at the  Mission College, [[Islington]] from 1873 to 1877. After this he was [[Principal (academia)|Principal]] of Noble College, [[Masulipatam]] ; and after that of [[Trinity College, Kandy]]. In 1890, he became [[Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin|Bishop of Travancore and Cochin]],<ref>"Consecration Of Bishops At Lambeth". ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday,  26 April 1890; pg. 10; Issue 32996</ref> and was installed at the [[pro-cathedral]] in [[Kottayam]] during November that year.<ref>http://www.csimichigan.org/CKD_Chapter2.htm</ref>

Returning to [[England]] in 1904,<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/20.html Eyre Chatterton]</ref> he was an [[Assistant Bishop]] in the [[Diocese of Durham]] from 1904 to 1907;<ref>''[[Who's Who|Who was Who]] 1897–1990'' London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> and in the [[Diocese of Ely]] from then <ref>"Ecclesiastical Intelligence".    ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, 11 April 1907; pg. 11; Issue 38304.</ref> until 1914. He was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of St Cuthbert's, [[Bedford]]<ref>[http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/communityandliving/archivesandrecordoffice/communityarchives/bedford/saintcuthbertsrectors.aspx Bedford Borough Council]</ref> from 1907 to 1916; [[Archdeacon of Bedford]] from 1910 to <ref>''The Clergy List''. London, Kelly’s, 1913</ref> 1914; and an [[Assistant Bishop]] in the [[Diocese of St Albans]] from 1914 to his retirement in 1924.

On 30 June 1877 he married Alice Mary Gordon Shirref (1850-?) at [[St Jude's Church, Kensington|St. Jude's Church]] in [[South Kensington]]. They had two daughters: Marion Edith (b.1888) and Sybil (b.1889). Hodges died on 18 May 1928 in [[Bromley]], [[Kent]] at the age of 79.