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Caroline Hodgson (1851 – 11 July 1908), also known as Madame Brussels, was a well-known brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, during the late 19th century. ==Life== Hodgson was born in Potsdam, Prussia; a daughter of John and Frederica Lohman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Madame: Caroline Hodgson (1850-1908) )〕 She married the well connected Studholme George Hodgson in London on 18 February 1871 and the couple immediately migrated to Australia, arriving in Melbourne on the ship ''Melmerby'' on 24 June 1871.〔L.M.Robinson (2009) ''Madame Brussels: This Moral Pandemonium''. P.9. Arcade Publications, Carlton, Australia. ISBN 978-0-9804367-2-3〕 In November 1872, Studholme joined the Victoria Police and was placed in country Mansfield, leaving his 25-year-old wife alone in Melbourne. By the end of 1874, Caroline, using the name 'Madame Brussels', was running a number of brothels, an occupation she continued successfully until 1907. When her husband became ill with tuberculosis in late 1892, Hodgson arranged for him to be nursed in at "Gnarwin", a property she owned on Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda. He died in 1893. Memorial notices she placed as 'his loving wife Caroline Hodgson' made mention that he was 'brother-in-law of the baronet Sir Francis Wood, the brother of Sir Evelyn Wood'. In 1895, Hodgson married German engineer Jacob Pohl, who was at least 15 years her junior. However, Pohl suddenly disappeared to South Africa while they were on a trip to visit relatives in Germany in 1896. There was a reconciliation in 1898,〔L.M.Robinson (2009) p.104〕 but a divorce was granted in February 1907 'on the grounds of desertion'. In court 'she appeared as a most benevolent looking old lady, and quite secured the sympathy of the court by her demeanor and recital of the story of her wrongs'.〔 Hodgson died the following year at her Lonsdale Street home suffering from diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. She was buried at St Kilda Cemetery beside her first husband.〔 She was survived by an adopted daughter, Irene 〔Bentley, Philip. (2005). ("Hodgson, Caroline (1851-1908)" ), in ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Supplementary Volume, Melbourne University Press, pp 182-183.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caroline Hodgson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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