David Howell Baron Howell of Guildford Politician

David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC (born 18 January 1936), is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell has more recently been a Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until the reshuffle of 2012. Along with William Hague, Sir George Young and Kenneth Clarke, he is one of the few Cabinet ministers from the 1979–97 governments who still holds high office in the party, being its deputy leader in the House of Lords. His daughter, Frances, is married to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP George Osborne.

Personal facts

David Howell Baron Howell of Guildford
Birth dateJanuary 18, 1936
Birth place
London , United Kingdom
Education
King's College Cambridge

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Office holder

office
Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State for Energy
Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
Margaret Thatcher
region
Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
successor

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