Rt.Hon.Sir James Weir Hogg 1790 - 1876
Rt.Hon.Sir James Weir Hogg , educ. at Dr. Bruce's Academy in Belfast and at Trinity Coll. Dublin where he graduated in 1810 with a B.A.. He won a Gold Medal for oratory at TCD. He became a barrister and went to India 1814 joining the Bar there. He enjoyed a large and lucrative practice for 8 years. He was Registrar of the Supreme Court of Judicature and Vice-Admiralty Court at Calcutta. Returning to England 1833 a wealthy man he was MP for Beverley in Yorkshire (1834-47). In 1839 he was made director of HEIC and in 1846 he was its Chairman and created a Baronet the same year. He was offered but declined the Governorship of Bombay Presidency in 1853. He was a member of the India Council from its origins in 1858 - 1872 when on his retirement he was made a Privy Councillor. Issue - 7 sons and 7 daughters. Of Grosvenor sq., London. Independent, MP (1841). M P Deputychairman E T (1851). Baronet Member Of... India (1861).
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| Born: Stoneyford, Lisburn, co Antrim, , Ireland 7th Sep 1790 | Baptised:
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Sources
- Family Archivists: see
Hogg
Census
- 1841 census (head of household - Grosvenor Street, Upper, London, , , England)
- 1851 census (head of household - Grosvenor Square, London, , , England)
- 1861 census (head of household - 4, Carlton Gardens, London, , , England)
- 1871 census (head of household - Chesham Place, London, , , England)
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Timeline
| 7th Sep 1790 | Born (birth) Lisburn, co Antrim, Ireland | | 26th Jul 1822 | Married Mary Claudine Swinton
(Hogg ) 1806 - 1874 (marriage) | | 1841 | Head of household in 1841 census (census) London, England | | 31st Mar 1851 | Head of household in 1851 census (census) London, England | | 1861 | Head of household in 1861 census (census) London, England | | 1871 | Head of household in 1871 census (census) London, England | | 27th May 1876 | Died (death) London, England |
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