Rowland Hodge

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Sir Rowland Frederick William Hodge, 1st Baronet (September 1859–21 September 1950) was an English shipbuilder.

Hodge was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He entered the shipbuilding industry and later founded his own company, the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, of which he was managing director for more than twenty years. He was also chairman of Eltringhams Ltd, another shipbuilder.

He was created a Baronet in the 1921 New Year Honours for his company's services during the First World War.