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Born in London, Hogg was the son of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, who was Lord Chancellor under Stanley Baldwin, and grandson of another Quintin Hogg, a merchant, philanthropist, and educational reformer.

He attended Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association and the Oxford Union.

He became a Prize Fellow of All Souls in 1931.

Although he had originally read classics, he won his prize fellowship in law and was called to the bar in 1932.

He spoke in opposition to the motion " That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country " in a debate of 1933 at the Oxford Union.

His favourite hobby was mountain-climbing, and his ankles were broken so many times that in old age he was able to walk only with two canes.