Quintin Hogg (merchant)

Quintin Hogg (14 February 1845 – 17 January 1903) was an English merchant, known for his philanthropic activities. He was born in London, the seventh son of Sir James Weir Hogg (1790–1876). He was educated at Eton College. At Eton he showed strong religious convictions and held prayer meetings. He was also a prominent rifle volunteer and was known as "Piggy Hogg".

Hogg was an accomplished sportsman and along with many Etonians he was a pioneer of Association Football. 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 became involved in London trade, particularly the commodities of tea and sugar. As a senior partner in a firm of tea merchants, he modernized sugar production in Demerara. There is also an island in Guyana, South America named Hogg Island after Quintin Hogg.

Having made a fortune in these trades he became concerned with Christian-motivated philanthropy. In 1864 he founded York Place Ragged School. With Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (1847-1923, later 11th Baron Kinnaird), he rented rooms in York Place (formerly Of Alley), off the Strand, for a boys' school, initially a day school, which subsequently began to open in the evenings. [ [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/15/5140.htm Westminster University archives] ] In 1882, he founded Young Men's Christian Institute, which was later renamed Regent Street Polytechnic (incorporating the defunct Royal Polytechnic Institution) and it was there that he died in 1903.

Regent Street Polytechnic was later part of London Polytechnic and is now the University of Westminster. It is the largest provider of adult education in London.

Quintin Hogg also served as alderman of the first London County Council, encouraging the founding of other polytechnics.

He married Alice Anna Graham, daughter of William Graham on 16 May 1871 in the St George Hanover Square area of London. They had at least two sons and two daughters:

* Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1872–1950)
* Elsie Florence Hogg (1873- ) married Vincent Robertson Hoare (1873-1915)
* Ethel Mary Hogg (1876–1970) Ethel M. Wood
* Malcolm Nicholson Hogg (1883–1948)

He was the grandfather of Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone.

Middlesex league QUINTIN Rugby Football Club is named after him. It plays at the Civil Service Sports Ground near Chiswick Bridge, London.

Source

* "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"

References

* Rob Cavallini [2005] . "The Wanderers F.C.: Five Times F.A. Cup Winners". Worcester Park: Dog N Duck Publications. ISBN 0-9550496-0-1

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6325507 Quintin Hogg's Gravesite]
* [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/15/5144.htm History of Regent Street Polytechnic]