Autographs of William Hague
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001 and Deputy Leader from 2005 to 2010. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015. He was in the Cameron government as First Secretary of State from 2010 to 2015, Foreign Secretary from 2010 to 2014, and Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015. He has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since February 2025.
Hague was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, subsequently being elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1989. Hague quickly rose through the ranks of the government of John Major and was appointed to Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales. Following the Conservatives' defeat at the 1997 general election by the Labour Party, he was elected Leader of the Conservative Party at the age of 36. Hague resigned as Conservative leader after the 2001 general election following his party's second defeat, at which the Conservatives made a net gain of just one seat. He returned to the backbenches, pursuing a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. He also held several directorships, and worked as a consultant and public speaker. He was the first Leader of the Conservative Party since Austen Chamberlain (1921–1922) never to assume the office of Prime Minister.
After David Cameron was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in 2005, Hague was reappointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Foreign Secretary. He also assumed the role of Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet, serving as Cameron's deputy. Following the formation of the coalition government in 2010, Hague was appointed First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary. Cameron described him as his "de facto political deputy". On 14 July 2014, Hague stood down as Foreign Secretary and became Leader of the House of Commons. He did not stand for re-election at the 2015 general election and was succeeded, as MP for Richmond, by Rishi Sunak. He was awarded a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours List on 9 October 2015.
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Traded items with a signature of William Hague
The most expensive item with a signature of William Hague (JOHN MAJOR SIGNED*PHOTO + 9 X POLITICIANS.TONY BLAIR.(PRE PRINT),WILLIAM HAGUE) was sold in May 2026 for £97.68 while the cheapest item (William Hague Hand Signed Index Card - Former Leader of The Conservative Party#2) found a new owner for £0.50 in October 2017. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2012 with an average selling price of £2.49 for an autographed item of William Hague. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with £97.68 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.60 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from William Hague is worth £4.99.
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Latest News about William Hague
Is the UK equipped for a smarter, more streamlined, silicon-clad future? (22/02/2023): Tony Blair and William Hague are both in their 60s. Perhaps not the first people you'd expect to be calling for the UK to get with the times and "discover its place in this new world". 
Tony Blair and William Hague call for everyone to have digital ID cards (22/02/2023): Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have joined forces to urge the government to roll out "digital ID" as part of a "fundamental reshaping of the state around technology". 'We have reached the point where taxes have to go up', warns ex-Tory leader Hagu (02/03/2021): Former Conservative leader William Hague has thrown his weight behind calls for tax rises at this week's budget in order to deal with Britain's huge COVID spending. You can smell the improvement in government without Cummings and Cain, former To (21/02/2021): Tory former leader William Hague has told Sky News "you can smell" the improvement since the departure of controversial Downing Street aides Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain. Lockdown is 'economic catastrophe', says William Hague (16/06/2020): The former Conservative leader says lockdown is increasing inequality, social tension and debt.
