Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, 1930

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC (born February 28, 1872 in London , † August 16, 1950 in Carter's Corner Place , Sussex ) was a British lawyer and politician ( Conservative Party ).

Life

Hogg was born to the merchant and philanthropist Quintin Hogg, the seventh son of Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet. He attended Eton College and then dealt with sugar cane cultivation in the British West Indies . After serving in the Second Boer War , he was admitted to the bar in 1902. From 1922 to January 1924 and again from November 1924 to 1928 he was Attorney General for England and Wales.

From March 28, 1928 to June 4, 1929 and from June 7, 1935 to March 9, 1938 he was Lord Chancellor . During his second term he represented as Lord High Steward against Edward Russell, 26 Baron de Clifford , for manslaughter on the road the past in the House of Lords led process. In 1928 he was admitted to the hereditary nobility with the title Baron Hailsham , of Hailsham in the county of Sussex. In 1929 he was promoted to Viscount Hailsham .

Between November 5, 1931 and June 7, 1935 he was British Minister of War and from March 9, 1938 to October 31, 1938 Lord President of the Council .

In 1905 Lord Hailsham married Elizabeth Marjoribanks, widow of Archibald Marjoribanks, with whom he had two sons. One of them was the well-known politician Quintin McGarel Hogg . His grandson is the politician Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham .

Web links

• Douglas Hogg at Hansard (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Hailsham 1928-1950	Quintin McGarel Hogg
New title created	Viscount Hailsham 1929-1950	Quintin McGarel Hogg