Hog

This is a name of great antiquity in Scotland. Alexander Hog ‘de Hogstown’ appears on the Ragman Roll swearing fealty to Edward I of England in 1296. Alexander’s grandson, Roger, was a burgess of Edinburgh in 1330. He acquired charters to lands around the city during the reign of David II. The family also received land at Sydserf in East Lothian from the Countess of Fife in 1373, thereafter being styled ‘of Harcarse’. Sir Roger Hog of Harcarse was appointed a Supreme Court judge in 1677 while his grandnephew, and eventual heir, Roger Hog of Newliston matriculated his arms in volume 1 of the Lyon Court register in 1783. He was recognised as ‘representor and Chief of that sirname’. Lt Colonel Steuart Hog of Newliston was an advocate at the Scottish Bar. A member of the Royal Company of Archers, he was appointed Vice-Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian in 1935. His son, Roger, served in both World Wars during which he won the Military Cross. Newliston House still stands on the outskirts of the village of Kirkliston near Edinburgh.