Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

The Right Honourable The Viscount Hailsham PC
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
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 7 June 1935 – 9 March 1938
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Sankey
Succeeded by	The Lord Maugham
In office 28 March 1928 – 4 June 1929
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Viscount Cave
Succeeded by	The Viscount Sankey
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
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Marquess of Crewe
Succeeded by	The Viscount Halifax
Attorney-General for England
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 April 1928
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sir Patrick Hastings
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Inskip
In office 24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
Prime Minister	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sir Ernest Pollock
Succeeded by	Sir Patrick Hastings
Member of Parliament for St Marylebone
In office 15 November 1922 – 28 March 1928
Preceded by	Sir Samuel Scott
Succeeded by	Rennell Rodd
Personal details
Born	Douglas McGarel Hogg 28 February 1872 (1872-02-28) London, England
Died	16 August 1950(1950-08-16) (aged 78) Hailsham, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Elizabeth Marjoribanks ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1925)​ Mildred Margaret ​ (m. 1929)​
Children	2, 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.