Douglas Hogg
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Hailsham PC QC |
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Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 17 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Jack Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | David Curry |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Jack Cunningham |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 2 November 1990 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Sir Nicholas Bonsor |
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Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham Grantham (1979–1997) |
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In office 5 May 1979 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Godber |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Phillips |
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5 February 1945 Chelsea, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah née Boyd-Carpenter (1968–present) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, PC QC (born 5 February 1945) is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party he served in the Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2010.
The Daily Telegraph in 2009 exposed Hogg for claiming upwards of £2,000 of taxpayers' money so-called for the purposes of "cleaning the moat" of his country estate, Kettlethorpe Hall; thus he became one of the most prominent illustrations used by the media to portray the extent of the parliamentary expenses scandal, although it later emerged that Hogg had been encouraged by the House of Commons Fees Office (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's precursor) to submit equivalent en bloc expenses "so as to reduce admin". As a result of the negative publicity, Hogg did not seek re-election at the 2010 general election.
Appointed a Life Peer in the 2015 Dissolution Honours, as a member of the House of Lords he is styled Viscount Hailsham by parliamentary custom, the family title to which he succeeded in 2001.
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