British Offices and Honours
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The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, P.C., F.R.S.L.

  • Born: 26 March 1961


Known as[]

  • 1961-1989: Mr. William Hague
  • 1989-1995: Mr. William Hague, M.P.
  • 1995-2009: The Rt. Hon. William Hague, M.P.
  • 2009-2015: The Rt. Hon. William Hague, F.R.S.L., M.P.
  • 2015-2015: The Rt. Hon. William Hague, F.R.S.L.
  • 2015-present: The Lord Hague of Richmond, P.C., F.R.S.L.


Education[]

  • Ripon Grammar School
  • Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive School
  • Magdalen College, Oxford


Political Offices[]


Peerage Titles[]

  • Baron Hague of Richmond, 2015

Privy Council[]


Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks), 1989-present


Parliamentary Positions[]


Party Positions[]

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, 1997
  • Leader of the Conservative Party, 1997-2001
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 2005-2010


Learned Societies[]

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 2009


Preceded by:
David Miliband
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
2010–2014
Succeeded by:
Philip Hammond
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