Viscount Hailsham
Viscount Hailsham , of Hailsham in the County of Sussex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award, subordinate and other titles
The title was created on July 4, 1929 for the conservative politician and lawyer Douglas Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham , who was then Lord Chancellor twice . This was on April 4, 1928, the subordinate title Baron Hailsham , of Hailsham in the County of Sussex, was awarded.
His son, the second Viscount, Quintin McGarel Hogg , was also a well-known conservative politician. On November 20, 1963, he was one of the first to take advantage of the option of renouncing his hereditary title for life. This was done in order to remain a member of the House of Commons and not to move up to the House of Lords . In 1970 he was then appointed for life ( Life Peer ) Baron Hailsham of St. Marylebone , of Herstmonceux in the County of Sussex. When he died in 2001, the hereditary title that had been dormant until then was revived.
In the meantime, the House of Lords Act 1999 abolished the inheritance of parliamentary seats. His son, the third Viscount, was also raised as a life peer to Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe , of Kettlethorpe in the County of Lincolnshire , on October 12, 2015 , to receive a seat in the House of Lords.
List of Viscounts Hailsham (1929)
- Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1872–1950)
- Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1907-2001) (title waiver 1963)
- Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (* 1945)
The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current viscount, Hon. John Quintin Hogg Neil Martin (* 1973).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Hailsham, Viscount (UK, 1929) at Cracroft's Peerage