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In his final year Heath was President of Balliol College Junior Common Room, an office held in subsequent years by his near-contemporaries Denis Healey and Roy Jenkins, and as such was invited to support the Master of Balliol Alexander Lindsay, who stood as an anti-appeasement ' Independent Progressive ' candidate against the official Conservative candidate, Quintin Hogg, in the Oxford by-election, 1938.
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC, FRS ( 9 October 1907 – 12 October 2001 ), formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham ( 1950 – 1963 ), was a British politician who was known for the length of his career, the vigour with which he campaigned for the Conservative Party, and the influence of his political writing.
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.
His publicity-seeking antics at the Party Conference ( e. g. feeding his newborn baby in public, and allowing his supporters to distribute " Q " ( for Quintin ) badges ) were considered vulgar at the time, so in the end Macmillan did not encourage senior party members to choose Hogg as his successor.
* The Papers of Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone are held at the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge and are accessible to the public.
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 known as the University of Westminster.
Quintin Hogg also served as alderman of the first London County Council, encouraging the founding of other polytechnics, or, as they were known then, working men's ( or mechanics ') institutes.
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