Editing Quintin Hogg (merchant) (section)

==Educational reform==
[[File:Quintin Hogg Plaque 309 Regent Street.jpg|thumb|left|Plaque at the Polytechnic entrance, Regent Street]]
Having made his fortune, he became concerned with Christian-motivated philanthropy. 
Much of London and its population at the time suffered from extremely deprived social conditions. Hogg turned his energy to [[educational reform]]: in 1864 he founded York Place [[Ragged School]]. With [[Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird]] (1847–1923, later 11th Baron Kinnaird) and [[Thomas Henry William Pelham]]<ref name = "Archives">{{cite web|title=York Place Ragged School|url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/15/5140.htm|work=University of Westminster|publisher=AIM25|access-date=11 February 2011|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606121339/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/15/5140.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> (1847–1916), he rented rooms in York Place (formerly Alley), off [[Strand, London|The Strand]] in [[central London]], for a boys' school, initially a day school, later open in the evenings.<ref name = "Archives"/> 
In 1882, he founded the Young Men's Christian Institute, which was renamed the Regent Street Polytechnic (incorporating the Royal Polytechnic Institution). 
The polytechnic was later part of Polytechnic of Central London (PCL) and is now the [[University of Westminster]]. 
It is the largest provider of [[adult education]] in London, and its headquarters are still at the same location on [[Regent Street]].
[[File:Sculpture of Quintin Hogg in the Portland Place in London, June 2013 (1).jpg|thumb|right|Memorial statue in [[Portland Place]]]]