Educator. He is remembered primarily as a benefactor of the Royal Polytechnic Institution at Regent Street, London, which is in the 21st century, the University of Westminister. This school is the largest provider of adult education in London. Born the seventh son of Sir James Weir Hogg, 1st Baronet, a Member of Parliament, he was educated at Eton, had strong religious convictions, became an excellent footballer, and after leaving school, became a tea importer in a poor area of London. Later, he joined his brother-in-law Charles McGarel in the sugar business, improving conditions on McGarel's South Africa sugar plantation, which used slave workers. He was horrified by the poverty in the London neighborhood that he disguised himself as a shoeblack, working nights in order to obtain a better idea of the conditions. Before founding the Royal Polytechnic Institution, he founded the first "ragged school" in Of Alley, near Charing Cross, teaching the crossing-sweepers to read. In 1882, he founded the Young Men's Christian Institute, which was renamed the Regent Street Polytechnic. His bronze statue, by George Frampton, stands in Portland Place, near that building. In 1869, on one of many visits to the West Indies, Hogg caught yellow fever. Although he recovered from the infection, he had chronic health problems related to his prescribed medication, which contained mercury. In spite of his English birth, Hogg was the captain of the Scottish football team in their first seven internationals against England from 1864 to 1870. He married and the couple had three sons and two daughters. His son, Douglas Hogg, became the First Viscount Hailsham and served three times as Attorney General. His grandson, Quintin became the second Viscount Hailsham and was the Lord Chancellor in Prime Minister Thatcher's administration.