George Lloyd Hodges, born 1792, died 1862, was a British soldier and diplomat.

In 1832 he commanded the brigade of British volunteers who enlisted to fight to restore the rightful Queen of Portugal, Maria da Glória, to her throne against the forces of the usurper, Dom Miguel. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Maria II ( April 4, 1819 &ndash November 15, 1853) was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853 Miguel I ( Miguel Maria do Patrocínio João Carlos Francisco de Assis Xavier de Paula Pedro de Alcântara António Rafael Gabriel Joaquim José Gonzaga Evaristo de Bragança e With the rest of the forces commanded by Maria's father Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, they sailed from Terceira in the Azores, captured Oporto and endured a siege there of nearly a year. Dom Pedro ( Lord Peter) is the traditional Portuguese appellation of several kings of Portugal: Peter I of Portugal Terceira Island ( pron tɨɾ'sɐiɾɐ Portuguese: Ilha Terceira) is an Island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic The Azores ( Açores ɐˈsoɾɨʃ or) is a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1500 km (950  mi) from Hodges distinguished himself by his leadership, especially during the assault on the city by Miguel's army on 29 September 1832. He afterwards published a memoir, Narrative of the Expedition to Portugal in 1832, under the orders of His Imperial Majesty Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza (London, 1833).

Hodges was subsequently knighted and was active in the wars of the Balkans in the late 1830s, becoming the first British Ambassador to Serbia. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country

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