Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

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

Hogg was the son of the merchant and philanthropist Quintin Hogg.

He was a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn and served as Lord Chancellor in the UK Conservative government of 1928-29.

He was one of the foremost advocates of his age, and as Attorney-General piloted through the House of Commons the Trade Disputes Act of 1927, which reaffirmed and fortified the rule of law after the general strike.

He married Elizabeth Marjoribanks, widow of Archibald Marjoribanks, in 1905 and they had two sons, Quintin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone and another Hogg. His grandson is Douglas Hogg, 3rd 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
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: New Creation	Viscount Hailsham 1929–1950	Succeeded by: Quintin Hogg
Preceded by: New Creation	Baron Hailsham 1928–1950