The embattled deputy Bank of England governor can claim eminent MPs, judges, lords, ministers, bankers and FTSE 100 chairs as part of the family When Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative MP who chairs the Treasury select committee, opened a hearing with Charlotte Hogg a week ago he recalled how he had lunched with her grandfather in the members’ dining room at Westminster. Another Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, recalled Hogg Snr speaking in Greek during a visit to Eton. The 46-year-old deputy governor of the Bank of England has no doubt heard many reminiscences about her paternal grandfather: the late Quintin Hogg, who became Lord Hailsham, nearly succeeded Harold Macmillan as Conservative party leader in 1963. Continue reading...
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