Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, FRS[1] (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 politician.
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone | |
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 Hogg in 1990 | |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Elwyn-Jones |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Havers |
| In office 20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Lord Gardiner |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Elwyn-Jones |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
| In office 13 April 1966 – 20 June 1970 | |
| Leader | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | James Callaghan |
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
| In office 1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Edward Boyle (Minister for Education) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Stewart |
| In office 14 January 1957 – 17 September 1957 Minister for Education | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | David Eccles |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Lloyd |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Home |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Bowden |
| In office 17 September 1957 – 14 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Home |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Home |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 27 July 1960 – 20 October 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Home |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Carrington |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960 | |
| Leader | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Lord Poole |
| Succeeded by | Rab Butler |
| Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Rab Butler |
| Succeeded by | Ted Heath |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 19 October 1956 – 14 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Cilcennin |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Selkirk |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air | |
| In office 12 April 1945 – 4 August 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Lord Sherwood |
| Succeeded by | John Strachey |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 30 June 1970 – 12 October 2001 Life peerage | |
| In office 16 August 1950 – 5 December 1963 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Hailsham |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of Parliament for St Marylebone | |
| In office 5 December 1963 – 18 June 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Wavell Wakefield |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Baker |
| Member of Parliament for Oxford | |
| In office 27 October 1938 – 16 August 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bourne |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Turner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1907 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 12 October 2001 (aged 94) London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Natalie Sullivan (m. 1932; div. 1943) Mary Martin (m. 1944; wid. 1978) Deirdre Shannon (m. 1986; wid. 1998) |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Christ Church, Oxford |
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 the Earl of 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.