The Times/1924/News/Death of James Francis Hogan

An inquest was held at St. Pancras yesterday on the body of Mr. James Francis Hogan, 69, a former Irish Nationalist M.P., of Doughty-street, Bedford-row. The evidence was to the effect that Mr. Hogan, who was rather eccentric, had persistently refused to see a doctor. On Monday he was found dead in bed. Dr. Fairlie, police surgeon, stated that life had been extinct 24 hours. Death was due to a syncope from pneumonia and cancer.

Sir Walter Schroder recorded a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.

Mr. Hogan, who represented Mid-Tipperary from 1893 to 1900, spent his childhood and youth near Melbourne, whither his parents had emigrated. At the age of 18 he entered the Education Department of Victoria, and was afterwards on the staff of the Melbourne Argus. In 1887 he settled in London as an author and journalist. He utilized his knowledge of Australia, both in Parliament and in various books, such as history of the Irish in Australia and he also wrote a life of Lord Sherbrooke (Robert Lowe). Mr. Hogan was unmarried.