Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
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Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, PC (28 February 1872 – 16 August 1950) was a British Conservative lawyer and politician. He was the son of the merchant and philanthropist Quintin Hogg.
He was one of the foremost advocates of his age, and as Attorney-General piloted through the House of Commons the Trade Disputes Act of 1927, which reaffirmed and fortified the rule of law after the general strike of 1926.
He was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn and served as Lord Chancellor in the UK Conservative governments of 1928-29 and 1935-1938. During his second term he was the last Lord High Steward to preside over the trial of a peer in the House of Lords, in the trial of the 26th Baron de Clifford.
He married Elizabeth Marjoribanks, widow of Archibald Marjoribanks, in 1905 and they had two sons, including Quintin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone. His grandson is Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham
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