Sir Stuart Saunders Hogg CIE

Order of the Indian Empire

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 (17 February 1833 – 23 March 1921) was an English

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 civil servant in the Indian Civil Services

Indian Civil Services

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 of British India. He was born in 1833 in Delhi

Delhi

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 to Sir James Hogg, formerly a director of the British East India Company

British East India Company

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 and the Registrar of the Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court

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. In 1853, at the age of twenty, Stuart Hogg entered the Indian Civil Services. During the Sepoy Mutiny, he was posted in the Punjab

Punjab (British India)

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. Later, he joined the Bengal government as the Police Commissioner of Calcutta

Kolkata Police

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 where he established the Detective Department. From 1863 to 1877 he was the Chairman of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. In 1875 he was knighted.

New Market, Calcutta

New Market, Calcutta

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, 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's Market.