The Hogg, later Lindsay-Hogg Baronetcy, of Rotherfield Hall in

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in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 22 December 1905 for Lindsay Hogg,

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for

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from 1900 to 1906. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Lindsay before that of Hogg in 1906. He was succeeded by his son William's two sons,

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(1908–1968), who became the second baronet on his grandfather's death in 1923, and

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(1910–1999), who became the fourth baronet in 1987 after the death of his brother Anthony's son

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(1930–1987), the third baronet. The fourth baronet married the actress

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. Their only child, actor-director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, succeeded in 1999.

Hogg, later Lindsay-Hogg baronets, of Rotherfield Hall (1905)

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(1853–1923) *

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(1908–1968) * Sir William Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 3rd Baronet (1930–1987) *

Sir Edward William Lindsay-Hogg, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1910–1999) * Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet (born 1940). He has not established a claim to the title; and has no heir.

References

{{reflist Lindsay-Hogg Dormant baronetcies