Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, PC, QC, MP (born 5 February 1945) is a British politician, barrister and former Cabinet minister. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
Douglas Hogg is the son of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone, a former Lord Chancellor. He inherited the Viscountcy on 12 October 2001 upon the death of his father who had disclaimed that title for life in 1963, but who later a...
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Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, PC, QC, MP (born 5 February 1945) is a British politician, barrister and former Cabinet minister. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
Douglas Hogg is the son of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone, a former Lord Chancellor. He inherited the Viscountcy on 12 October 2001 upon the death of his father who had disclaimed that title for life in 1963, but who later accepted a life peerage in 1970; he is the grandson of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, also a former Lord Chancellor.
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford where he was graduated with a degree in history in 1968. In 1967, he served as the President of the Oxford Union. He was called to the Bar in 1968, and has worked as a barrister since. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1990, a year after his sister, Dame Mary Hogg, who is now a judge in the Family Division of the High Court.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament at...
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