David Hodgkiss

{{short description|British cricket chairman}}

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| education = Repton School{{Cite web |last=Lorimer |first=Malcolm |title=David Hodgkiss OBE: Obituary |url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2020-news/david-hodgkiss-obe-obituary/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Lancashire Cricket Club |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623014826/https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2020-news/david-hodgkiss-obe-obituary/ |url-status=live }}

| alma_mater = University of Liverpool

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| birth_date = June 1948

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| nationality = British

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David Michael William Hodgkiss {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (June 1948 {{cite web|url=https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/people/6075180-mr-david-michael-william-hodgkiss|work=Endole|title=Mr David Michael William Hodgkiss|date=March 2020|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052830/https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/people/6075180-mr-david-michael-william-hodgkiss|url-status=live}} – 29 March 2020{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52093290 |title=David Hodgkiss: Lancashire CCC chairman dies after contracting coronavirus |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020 |archive-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331030543/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52093290 |url-status=live }}) was a British businessman, and Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club between April 2017 and March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28970639/david-hodgkiss-lancashire-chairman-dies-contracting-coronavirus|title=David Hodgkiss, Lancashire chairman, dies after contracting coronavirus|date=30 March 2020|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 March 2020|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330202630/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28970639/david-hodgkiss-lancashire-chairman-dies-contracting-coronavirus|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/30/lancashire-chairman-david-hodgkiss-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus|work=The Guardian|title=Lancashire chairman David Hodgkiss dies after contracting coronavirus|date=30 March 2020|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407122238/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/30/lancashire-chairman-david-hodgkiss-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus|url-status=live}}

He was Chief Executive of structural steel contractor William Hare Group, a business founded by his grandfather. Hodgkiss's 2014 OBE was awarded for services to manufacturing and export at William Hare.{{Cite web |last=Price |first=David |date=31 March 2020 |title=William Hare boss dies after contracting coronavirus |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/william-hare-boss-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-31-03-2020/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Construction News |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521120121/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/william-hare-boss-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-31-03-2020/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/honours-list-june-2014-order-7267014|work=Wales Online|title=The Honours List June 2014: Order of the British Empire - OBE: Look who receives a gong in the latest round of honours|date=June 2014|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=28 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528040706/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/honours-list-june-2014-order-7267014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/full-queens-birthday-honours-list-1534204|work=The Scotsman|title=In full: Queen's Birthday Honours List|date=14 June 2014|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120233852/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/full-queens-birthday-honours-list-1534204|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60895/supplement/b13/data.pdf |work=The London Gazette |title=The Gazette Supplement B13 |date=14 June 2014 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521075808/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60895/supplement/b13/data.pdf |url-status=live }}

Hodgkiss served over twenty years at Lancashire County Cricket Club as Committee Member {{smaller|(1998 - 2003)}}, Treasurer {{smaller|(2003 - 2013)}}, Vice-Chairman {{smaller|(2013 - 2017)}} and Chairman {{smaller|(2017 - 2020)}}, being instrumental in completing a £60 million redevelopment of the Club's Old Trafford Cricket Ground.{{cite news|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/movers-and-shakers/lancashire-county-cricket-club-appoint-david-hodgkiss|work=Sports Pro Media|title=Lancashire County Cricket Club appoint David Hodgkiss|date=25 April 2017|first=George |last=Dudley|access-date=21 April 2020}}

He died age 71 in March 2020 after catching COVID-19. The England Cricket Team took to the field against the West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford wearing black armbands in his honour.{{Cite web |last=Bowman |first=Jamie |date=2020-07-16 |title=England cricketers to wear black armband in memory of Bolton businessman David Hodgkiss OBE |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18587020.england-cricketers-wear-black-armband-memory-bolton-businessman-david-hodgkiss-obe/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=The Bolton News |language=en |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052740/https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18587020.england-cricketers-wear-black-armband-memory-bolton-businessman-david-hodgkiss-obe/ |url-status=live }} Farokh Engineer lauded Hodgkiss as the best and the most popular Chairman Lancashire County Cricket Club ever had.{{cite news|url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=252108|work=The Daily Observer|title=Sad to hear cricket's first corona death : Farokh Engineer|date=2 April 2020|first=Bipin|last=Dani|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116185023/https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=252108|url-status=live}}