William Hague

The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. Hague was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, into an upper-middle class family in a strongly working-class area, and caused a sensation at the age of sixteen by speaking at the Conservative party's 1977 national conference. This appearance is so infamous that the comedian Harry Enfield based his Tory Boy character on it, long before Hague emerged as a well-known politican.

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March 26 - 1961 - British - Politician - Conservative Party - Rotherham - South Yorkshire - 1977 - Harry Enfield - Tory Boy

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Subsequently, Hague went to Magdalen College, Oxford, and while there he was President of both the Conservative Association (OUCA) and the Oxford Union, a noted breeding-ground for political hopefuls and high-flyers. An unsuccessful candidate for Wentworth in 1987, he was elected to Parliament as member for Richmond, North Yorkshire in 1989, and entered the Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales. He also holds an MBA from INSEAD.

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Magdalen College, Oxford - OUCA - Oxford Union - Wentworth - 1987 - Richmond, North Yorkshire - 1989 - 1995 - INSEAD

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Hague made a good showing at the Welsh Office, partly because his predecessor, John Redwood, had been such a disaster in the role. Resolving not to emulate Redwood's farcical attempt to mime to the Welsh national anthem at a public event, Hague asked a Welsh Office civil servant, Ffion Jenkins, to teach him the words. He later married her.

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Welsh Office - John Redwood - Ffion Jenkins

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