Sir Stuart Saunders Hogg CIE (17 February 1833 – 23 March 1921) was a

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civil servant in the

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. He was born in 1833 in

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to Sir James Hogg, formerly a director of the

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and the Registrar of the

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. In 1853, at the age of twenty, Stuart Hogg entered the Indian Civil Services. During the

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, he was posted in the

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. Later, he joined the Bengal government as the Police Commissioner of Calcutta where he established the Detective Department. From 1863 to 1877 he was the Chairman of the

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. In 1875, he was knighted. The

New Market, Calcutta The New Market, formerly known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market, is a market in Kolkata situated on Lindsay Street, beside Free School Street (Mirza Ghalib Street/Rani Rasmoni Road). Although primarily "New Market" referred to the original enclosed ma ...

, an upscale market that he founded, was named Sir Stuart Hogg Market in 1903 in his honour. It is still (often) referred to as ''Hogg Market''.New Market at Kolkata — The Shopping Mall that Stood the Test of Times
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogg, Stuart Saunders Police officers from Kolkata British police officers in India Indian police chiefs 1833 births 1921 deaths Indian justices of the peace Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire