Hogg, Douglas McGarel, 1st Viscount Hailsham of Hailsham
- Hogg, Douglas McGarel, 1st Viscount Hailsham of Hailsham
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▪ British lawyer and politician
born Feb. 28, 1872, London, Eng.
died Aug. 16, 1950, Carter's Corner Place, Sussex
British lawyer and politician, a prominent member of the Conservative Party in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Hogg was the son of Quintin Hogg, founder of the Polytechnic in Regent Street, London. On leaving Eton, Hogg spent eight years with his father's firm of West India merchants. After serving in the South African War (1899–1902), he was called to the bar (1902) and forthwith took a leading position as a junior.
His deadly power of cross-examination, easy mastery of facts and figures, and persuasive speech made him formidable in every kind of case. In 1922, on entering Parliament as Conservative member for Marylebone, he became attorney general in Bonar Law's government, receiving the usual knighthood given to a law officer. In opposition or in office he showed himself a powerful debater, and his skills in this regard helped bring about the defeat of Ramsay MacDonald's government in 1924. Hogg was attorney general from 1924 to 1928, when he was created a baron; in 1929 he was created a viscount. He was lord chancellor in 1928–29, secretary of state for war in 1931–35, and lord chancellor again in 1935–38.
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