HOG, SIR ROGER,
LORD HARCARSE,
described by Laing as “a learned and upright judge,” the son of
William Hog of Bogend, advocate, was born in Berwickshire about
1635. He was admitted advocate on 25th June 1661, and in
November 1677 was appointed a lord of session, when he was knighted
by Charles the Second. On 18th November 1678 he succeeded
Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill as one of the lords in the
justiciary court. At this period he represented the county of
Berwick in the Scottish parliament. In 1688 he was removed from the
bench by James the Seventh, for his non-compliance with the wishes
of government, in a cause regarding the tutors of the young marquis
of Montrose. In 1689 Mr. Robert Pitilloch, advocate, published a
pamphlet against Lord Harcarse, entitled ‘Oppression under Colour of
Law,’ for improper judicial interference in favour of his
son-in-law, Aytoun of Inchdairuie. This curious production was
reprinted by Mr. Maidment, advocate, in 1827. His lordship spent his
latter years in retirement, and died in 1700, leaving a Dictionary
of Decisions from 1681 to 1692, which was published in 1757.
