page_title: Arnold Hodson
section_title: Colonial governor
hierarchical_section_title: Arnold Hodson / Colonial governor
caption_attribution_description: English: Visokoi Island (South Sandwich Islands) with volcano Mount Hodson. Deutsch: Visokoi Island (Südliche Sandwichinseln) mit dem Vulkan Mount Hodson.
context_page_description: Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson KCMG was a British colonial administrator who was Governor in turn of the Falkland Islands, Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.
context_section_description: Hodson was Governor of the Falkland Islands (1926-30). During his tenure, a mountain - Mount Hodson (56°42'S, 27°13'W), the summit of Visokoi Island in the South Sandwich Islands - was named after him.
  The most notable achievement of Hodson's reign as governor of the Falkland Islands was the development of radio communications within and beyond the islands. Working with the BBC, he connected the islands to the imperial broadcasting network. He also established a radio station in the islands. When he later moved to Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast, he continued work on his visions of establishing effective communication lines between various parts of the British Empire.
  From 1930 to 1934 he was Governor of Sierra Leone, where he was known as the "Sunshine Governor" and was responsible for the creation of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service, which launched on 7 May 1934. That same year he was knighted.
  Finally, he was Governor of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) 1934-41, and was the impetus behind the introduction of the Gold Coast Broadcasting System (now Ghana Broadcasting Corporation).
  Hodson married Elizabeth Charlotte Sarah Hay, daughter of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay, in 1928. They had two daughters, Rosemary and Elizabeth. He died on 26 May 1944 in New York City, aged 63.
caption: Mount Hodson
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