Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

The Right Honourable The Viscount Hailsham PC
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 28 March 1928 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Viscount Cave
Succeeded by	The Lord Sankey
In office 7 June 1935 – 9 March 1938
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Sankey
Succeeded by	The Lord Maugham
Lord High Steward
In office 1935
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Vacancy
Succeeded by	Vacancy
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
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.