UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 28 February 1872, London

Died: 16 August 1950

1st Baron Hailsham - 5 April 1928

1st Viscount Hailsham - 4 July 1929

Knighted - 12 December 1922

Member of Privy Council - 2 November 1922

son of Sir Quintin Hogg, Bt

son of Alice Anna Graham

Lincoln's Inn (- 1902)

Attorney General	24 October 1922	22 January 1924
Attorney General	6 November 1924	4 April 1928
Lord Chancellor	29 March 1928	7 June 1929
Leader of the House of Lords	5 November 1931	7 June 1935
Secretary of State for War	5 November 1931	7 June 1935
Lord Chancellor	6 June 1935	15 March 1938
Lord President of the Council	9 March 1938	31 October 1938

15 November 1922	St Marylebone	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed
6 December 1923	St Marylebone	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,763	66.55
29 October 1924	St Marylebone	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,359	73.50
29 March 1928 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Douglas Hogg to the Peerage - Baron Hailsham - and appointment as Lord Chancellor.