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Hogg as a campaigner was known for his robust rhetoric and theatrical gestures.

He was renowned as one of the great Conservative speakers: his addresses to the party as chairman in 1958 and 1959 were remembered for decades afterwards.

He was usually in good form in dealing with hecklers, a valuable skill in the 1960s, and was prominent in the 1964 general election.

One evening when giving a political address, he was hailed by his supporters as he leaned over the podium pointing at a long-haired heckler.

He said, " Now, see here, Sir or Madam whichever the case might be, we have had enough of you!

" The police ejected the man and the crowd applauded and Hogg went on as if nothing had happened.

Another time, when a Labour Party supporter waved a Harold Wilson placard in front of him, Hogg smacked it with his walking stick.