Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

The Viscount Hailsham
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
28 March 1928 – 4 June 1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byThe Viscount Cave
Succeeded byThe Lord Sankey
In office
7 June 1935 – 9 March 1938
MonarchsGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Viscount Sankey
Succeeded byThe Lord Maugham
Lord High Steward
In office
1935
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byVacancy
Succeeded byVacancy
Lord President of the Council
In office
9 March 1938 – 31 October 1938
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Viscount Halifax
Succeeded byThe Viscount Runciman of Doxford
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byThe Marquess of Reading
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Londonderry
Secretary of State for War
In office
5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byThe Marquess of Crewe
Succeeded byThe Viscount Halifax
Attorney-General for England
In office
6 November 1924 – 4 April 1928
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir Patrick Hastings
Succeeded bySir Thomas Inskip
In office
24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
Prime MinisterBonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir Ernest Pollock
Succeeded bySir Patrick Hastings
Member of Parliament
for St Marylebone
In office
15 November 1922 – 28 March 1928
Preceded bySir Samuel Scott
Succeeded byRennell Rodd
Personal details
Born
Douglas McGarel Hogg

28 February 1872 (1872-02-28)
London, England
Died16 August 1950(1950-08-16) (aged 78)
Hailsham, England
Political partyConservative
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Marjoribanks
    (m. 1905; died 1925)
  • Mildred Margaret
    (m. 1929)
Children2, including Quintin

Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, PC (28 February 1872 – 16 August 1950) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician who twice served as Lord Chancellor, in addition to a number of other Cabinet positions. Mooted as a possible successor to Stanley Baldwin as party leader for a time in the very early 1930s, he was widely considered to be one of the leading Conservative politicians of his generation.