The Right Honourable Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, PC, QC (born February 2, 1945), is a British politician and barrister. He is Conservative member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham; he was also MP for Grantham from 1979 to 1997. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by Letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Barristers: traditional dress. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Location within the British Isles Sleaford is a town in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Grantham is a small market town in Lincolnshire, England with about 40,000 inhabitants. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997, during the BSE crisis. He is the son of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone, a former Lord Chancellor. He inherited the Hailsham Viscountcy in 2001 upon the death of his father. He is known as simply Douglas Hogg. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that shocked biologists on its discovery in late 20th century and appears transmissible to humans. ... The Right Honourable Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC (October 9, 1907–October 12, 2001), formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1950–1963), was a British Conservative politician. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

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• Conservative Party - Rt Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP biography
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Douglas Hogg MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Douglas Hogg MP

William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, PC (born August 15, 1946), educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and now a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford is a British Conservative politician who served in the Cabinet from 1990 until 1997. ... The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. ... The Right Honourable John Anderson Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL (born 4 August 1939) is a British Labour politician and was Member of Parliament for Copeland until 2005. ...