Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

The Right Honourable The Viscount Hailsham PC
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 28 March 1928 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Viscount Cave
Succeeded by	The Viscount Sankey
In office 7 June 1935 – 9 March 1938
Monarch	George V Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Sankey
Succeeded by	The Lord Maugham
Leader of the House of Lords
In office 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Marquess of Reading
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Londonderry
Secretary of State for War
In office 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935
Preceded by	The Marquess of Crewe
Succeeded by	The Viscount Halifax
Lord President of the Council
In office 9 March 1938 – 31 October 1938
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Halifax
Succeeded by	The Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Personal details
Born	28 February 1872 (1872-02-28)
Died	16 August 1950 (1950-08-17) (Age 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Marjoribanks

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC (28 February 1872–16 August 1950) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician.

Background

Hogg was the son of the merchant and philanthropist Quintin Hogg, seventh son of Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet (see Hogg Baronets). He was educated at Eton College and then studied sugar growing in the West Indies. After serving in the Boer War he was called to the Bar in 1902.

Political career

He was one of the foremost advocates of his age and as Attorney-General guided the Trade Disputes Act of 1927 through the House of Commons after the general strike of 1926 which had ended with large-scale unemployment while those still employed were forced to accept longer hours, lower wages, and district wage agreements. The Trade Disputes and Trade Union Act made mass picketing and all sympathetic strikes illegal and directed that union members had to contract into any political levy. It also forbade civil service unions from affiliating with the Trades Union Congress.

Hogg was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn and served as Lord Chancellor in the UK Conservative governments of 1928-29 and 1935-1938. During his second term he was the last Lord High Steward to preside over the trial of a peer (26th Baron de Clifford) in the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Hailsham married Elizabeth (Brown) Marjoribanks, widow of Archibald Marjoribanks, and daughter of James Trimble Brown, in 1905, and they had two sons, including Quintin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone. His grandson is Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Hailsham

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Samuel Edward Scott	Member of Parliament for St Marylebone 1922–1928	Succeeded by Sir James Rennell Rodd
Legal offices
Preceded by Ernest Pollock	Attorney General 1922–1924	Succeeded by Patrick Hastings
Preceded by Patrick Hastings	Attorney General 1924–1928	Succeeded by Thomas Inskip
Political offices
Preceded by The Viscount Cave	Lord Chancellor 1928–1929	Succeeded by The Viscount Sankey
Preceded by The Marquess of Crewe	Secretary of State for War 1931–1935	Succeeded by The Viscount Halifax
Preceded by The Marquess of Reading	Leader of the House of Lords 1931–1935	Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry
Preceded by The Viscount Sankey	Lord Chancellor 1935–1938	Succeeded by The Lord Maugham
Preceded by The Viscount Halifax	Lord President of the Council 1938	Succeeded by The Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Party political offices
Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury	Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1931–1935	Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Hailsham 1929–1950	Succeeded by Quintin Hogg
	Baron Hailsham 1928–1950