Sir Joseph Hoggin

In the short story The Nemean Lion, Sir Joseph Hoggin was a City financier whose wife Milly's Pekinese dog had been kidnapped. Lady Hoggin paid the ransom and the dog had been returned. However, Sir Joseph did not like being swindled and hired Poirot to get his money back.

Sir Joseph described himself as "a plain man". He had a "swelling jowl, small pig eyes", a bulbous nose and a close-lipped mouth. He reminded Poirot of a wealthy soap maker he had once known in Liege. Significantly, this soap maker had murdered his wife in order to marry his secretary.