Quintin Hogg (14 February 1845 – 17 January 1903) was an English philanthropist, remembered primarily as a benefactor of the Royal Polytechnic institution at Regent Street, London, now the

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Early life

Hogg, the seventh son of

Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet Sir James Weir Hogg, 1st Baronet (1790 – 27 May 1876) was an Irish-born businessman, lawyer and politician and Chairman of the East India Company. Background and education Hogg was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, the eldest son of Will ...

, was born and spent most of his life in London. He was educated at

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, where he was known as "Piggy Hogg". Hogg was a keen and accomplished sportsman, and along with other Etonians he was a pioneer of Association Football. Whilst at Eton, he won the Eton Fives, was keeper of fives and in the shooting XI, and was a member of the Wall and Field football XIs. He showed strong religious convictions and held prayer meetings; he was also a prominent rifle volunteer. He made 31 appearances for Wanderers F.C. (winners of the first F.A. Cup) between the 1865–66 and the 1870–71 seasons. He twice represented Scotland versus England in the unofficial internationals of 1870 and 1871. He captained the Old Etonians for seven years, during which he was never on the losing side. He became involved in trade, particularly the commodities of tea and sugar. As a senior partner in a firm of tea merchants, he modernised sugar production in

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at the plantation of his brother-in-law, the former slave owner

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. While in Demerara he played two

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matches for the colony.

Educational reform

Having made his fortune, he became concerned with Christian-motivated philanthropy. Much of London and its population at the time suffered from extremely deprived social conditions. Hogg turned his energy to educational reform: in 1864 he founded York Place

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. With Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (1847–1923, later 11th Baron Kinnaird) and Thomas Henry William Pelham (1847–1916), he rented rooms in York Place (formerly Alley), off The Strand in

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, for a boys' school, initially a day school, later open in the evenings. In 1882, he founded the Young Men's Christian Institute, which was renamed the Regent Street Polytechnic (incorporating the Royal Polytechnic Institution). The polytechnic was later part of Polytechnic of Central London (PCL) and is now the

. It is the largest provider of

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in London, and its headquarters are still at the same location on

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Other

Hogg was an alderman of the first

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, encouraging the founding of other polytechnics, then called working men's (or mechanics') institutes. For example, in 1886, he was consulted by Frank Didden about establishing a polytechnic in

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(Hogg had founded a ragged school in Castle Street, Woolwich); Woolwich Polytechnic, England's second polytechnic, eventually opened in 1891.

Personal life

He married Alice Anna Graham, daughter of William Graham, on 16 May 1871, in the

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Hanover Square parish. They had three sons and two daughters: *

Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (28 February 1872 – 16 August 1950) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician who twice served as Lord Chancellor, in addition to a number of other Cabinet positions. Mooted as a possible su ...

(1872–1950), the father of

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, (9 October 1907 – 12 October 2001), known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963, at which point he disclaimed his hereditary peerage, was a British barrister and Conservativ ...

* Elsie Florence Hogg (1873–?), married Vincent Robertson Hoare (1873–1915) *Ian Graham Hogg (1875–1914), lieutenant colonel, died September 1914 of wounds. * Ethel Mary Hogg (1876–1970), married Herbert Frederick Wood. She wrote a biography of her father, as Ethel M. Wood; *

Malcolm Nicholson Hogg Sir Malcolm Nicholson Hogg (17 January 1883 – 14 February 1948) was an English banker and a member of the Council of India from 1920 to 1925. Hogg was the youngest child of the prominent London merchant Quintin Hogg. He was educated at ...

(1883–1948) Hogg died in the bath while staying at the Polytechnic in 1903. An inquest found death was due to asphyxiation from an inadequately ventilated gas heater. However, this was a coverup. Hogg had been given the standard twenty-four hours warning provided to notable citizens under threat of arrest for homosexual offences, but chose suicide. His funeral took place at

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, followed by cremation. His ashes were buried at the East Finchley Cemetery. His wealth at death was valued for probate at £161,253 8s. 9d (around £17m at 2018 prices).Compute the Relative Value of a U.K. Pound
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References

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