Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham, in 1990
Hailsham in 1990
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Gardiner
Succeeded byThe Lord Elwyn-Jones
In office
4 May 1979 – 13 June 1987
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Elwyn-Jones
Succeeded byThe Lord Havers
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
13 April 1966 – 20 June 1970
LeaderEdward Heath
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Succeeded byJames Callaghan
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964
Prime MinisterSir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded bySir Edward Boyle (Minister for Education)
Succeeded byMichael Stewart
In office
14 January 1957 – 17 September 1957
Minister for Education
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded bySir David Eccles
Succeeded byGeoffrey Lloyd
Lord President of the Council
In office
27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byThe Earl of Home
Succeeded byHerbert Bowden
In office
17 September 1957 – 14 October 1959
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Earl of Home
Succeeded byThe Earl of Home
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
27 July 1960 – 20 October 1963
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Earl of Home
Succeeded byThe Lord Carrington
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
18 September 1957 – 14 October 1959
LeaderHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Poole
Succeeded byRab Butler
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byRab Butler
Succeeded byEdward Heath
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
19 October 1956 – 14 January 1957
Prime MinisterAnthony Eden
Preceded byThe Viscount Cilcennin
Succeeded byThe Earl of Selkirk
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air
In office
12 April 1945 – 4 August 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Sherwood
Succeeded byJohn Strachey
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament
for St Marylebone
In office
5 December 1963 – 30 June 1970
Preceded byWavell Wakefield
Succeeded byKenneth Baker
Member of Parliament
for Oxford
In office
27 October 1938 – 16 August 1950
Preceded byRobert Bourne
Succeeded byLawrence Turner
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
16 August 1950 – 20 November 1963 [1]
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as a life peer
30 June 1970 – 12 October 2001
Personal details
Born
Quintin McGarel Hogg

(1907-10-09)9 October 1907
London, England
Died12 October 2001(2001-10-12) (aged 94)
London, England
Resting placeAll Saints, Herstmonceux, Sussex
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Natalie Sullivan
(m. 1932; div. 1943)

Mary Martin
(m. 1944; died 1978)
Deirdre Shannon
(m. 1986; died 1998)
Children5, including Douglas Hogg & Dame Mary Claire Hogg
Parent
EducationSunningdale School
Eton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone KG, CH, PC, FRS[2] (9 October 1907 – 12 October 2001), known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963, at which point he disclaimed his hereditary peerage, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

Like his father, Hailsham was considered to be a contender for the leadership of the Conservative Party. He was a contender to succeed Harold Macmillan as prime minister in 1963, renouncing his hereditary peerage to do so, but was passed over in favour of Sir Alec Douglas-Home. He was created a life peer in 1970 and served as Lord Chancellor, the office formerly held by his father, in 1970–74 and 1979–87.

  1. ^ Disclaimed under Peerage Act 1963
  2. ^ Lewis, G. (2002). "Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone. 9 October 1907 – 12 October 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 48: 221. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0012.