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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 such negative publicity, Hogg decided to "fall on his sword" rather than 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-peerages-2015 )〕 ==Early life== Douglas Hogg, elder son of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone and former Lord Chancellor, inherited the viscountcy on 12 October 2001 upon the death of his father who had disclaimed that title for life in 1963, but who later accepted a Life Peerage in 1970; he is the grandson of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, formerly Lord Chancellor and Lord President of the Council until 1938.〔(www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk )〕 He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a degree in History in 1968. In 1967, he served as the President of the Oxford Union. He was called to the Bar in 1968, after which he practised as a barrister. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1990, a year after his younger sister, Dame Mary Hogg, an eminent barrister later promoted Justice of the Family Division. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Douglas Hogg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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